More than 60,000 people had been urgently evacuated from the construction sites in the Lingang New Area, a part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, by Thursday night as Typhoon Pulasan brought record-breaking rainfalls to parts of the financial hub.
After receiving the evacuation notice, workers left their sites under the instruction from the authorities. And necessary supplies were also prepared .
"All the management personnel conducted a headcount on site to ensure that all workers were evacuated to the evacuation point. At the same time, bottled water and instant noodles were all prepared for the evacuated workers," said Chu Anqin, general manager of New Area Construction Company, Shanghai Lingang Special Area Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. Five centralized resettlement locations including Lingang Center, a flagship project of Lingang New Area construction, have been mobilized to shelter those affected by the typhoon, with hot water, air conditioning and a range of essential services prepared for the evacuees. "We have designated a 6,000-square-meter area on the first floor of the west side of Lingang Center to accommodate around 2,000 workers from six projects in the Lingang New Area. In addition, we are deploying extra personnel to transport drinking water, instant noodles, and other food items to meet the daily needs of those relocated. We are also sending in trash bins and temporary toilets to maintain a clean and hygienic environment. The efforts aim to ensure all the relocated individuals can get through tonight smoothly," said Fan Jianhua, deputy director of the Party working office of Shanghai Lingang Special Area Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd.
Torrential rains continued to batter Shanghai on Friday morning. At 7:49, the Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory upgraded the yellow rainstorm alert to orange.
Waterlogging and traffic congestion were reported in several road sections in Shanghai, prompting several districts to impose temporary traffic restrictions.
Pulasan, the 14th typhoon of the year, made its second landfall in Fengxian of Shanghai at about 9:45 p.m. on Thursday after its first landfall earlier the same day in Zhejiang Province.
Days earlier, Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of this year, churned ashore at Shanghai on Monday.
Over 60,000 construction workers evacuated as typhoon hits Shanghai
Ports in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) rendered record high passenger and vehicle flows during the week-long National Day holiday that ended on Monday.
The Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge witnessed more than 630,000 entry-exit passenger trips in the seven days, up 63.3 percent year on year. On Saturday alone, the port handled 22,600 inbound and outbound vehicles, setting a new daily record of vehicle traffic for the fourth time this year.
The Hengqin Port in Zhuhai City of Guangdong Province registered over 103,500 passenger trips on Oct. 3, the third day of the holiday, setting a new record of daily passenger flow since the port opened in 2000.
Many Hong Kong and Macao residents chose to travel northward to mainland cities to spend the holiday.
"I take my family and children to Zhuhai to enjoy local delicacies. We'll also go to shopping malls and see small animals," said a Hong Kong tourist surnamed Yu.
Mainland residents were also enthusiastic to travel south to Hong Kong and Macao as highway ports in Zhuhai logged more than 276,000 entry-exit trips made by mainland travelers during the holiday, up 81.1 percent year on year.
"We went to Hong Kong to see the grand firework show during the holiday. Then we visited the Ocean Park. We stayed in Hong Kong for three days," said a mainland tourist surnamed Zhu.
A special tour of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is also popular, as the mege cross-sea bridge that opened to traffic in October 2018 received 13,500 visits made by people from all over the country during the holiday, averaging 1,928 trips each day. Since the visit to the bridge was put into tourism itinerary tentatively in December 2023, the structure has received a total of 228,500 visits.
Ports in Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong recorded 5.294 million entry-exit passenger trips during the holiday, up 28.5 percent from the previous year.
Various celebrations, including the dazzling drone show in Shenzhen and the splendid firework shows in Hong Kong, fueled people's passion to make cross-border trips.
On Oct. 2 alone, mainland residents made a total of 421,000 trips through these ports, hitting a new high since their reopening after the pandemic. Since the mega cruise ship Costa Serena began its two-month seasonal homeporting deployment in Hong Kong, cruise tours have become a new craze among mainland tourists.
As of Monday, the Liantang border inspection station in Shenzhen had approved the pass of two large cruise tour groups made up of nearly 3,000 mainland tourists.
Record entries, exits registered in Greater Bay Area
