Emergency services have begun cleanup work in Shanghai after the city was hit by the strongest typhoon in 75 years. At least 400,000 residents were evacuated and the rest of the population of 25 million advised to stay indoors as gale force winds and torrential rain pounded the city.
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00:00A trail of destruction across Shanghai in the wake of Typhoon Babinka.
00:07With winds reaching 150km per hour, it was the strongest tropical storm to hit the city
00:12in 75 years, bringing torrential rainfall of up to 50mm in just 30 minutes.
00:19At least one person was injured by a falling tree.
00:44More than 1,800 trees were uprooted, and at least 53 hectares of farmland flooded.
00:5030,000 households were left without power, and 400,000 people were forced to evacuate.
00:57The rest of the city's 25 million population told to stay indoors under a red alert.
01:03But for some, the storm was no cause of concern.
01:30For others, it caused major disruptions to travel plans over China's three-day mid-autumn
01:35festival, with thousands of flight, train and ferry services suspended.
01:57But with the city no stranger to typhoons, this being the 13th this year, authorities
02:02say they were well prepared to avert disaster, with more than 60,000 emergency responders
02:08on standby.
02:23More significant rainfall is expected here, but as the storm weakens and moves inland,
02:30emergency services are already beginning the clean-up, to allow this normally bustling
02:34financial hub to resume business as soon as possible.
02:38Dolphine Chen and Rosie Greninger for Taiwan Plus.