Typhoon Muifa made landfall twice near China’s largest metropolitan area and several of the world’s major shipping ports on September 14, 2022. First, the typhoon crossed over land at Zhoushan Island, then it passed over Hangzhou Bay, and it eventually came ashore in Shanghai. According to news r
Natural-color satellite image of Muifa as it was approaching southeastern China on September 14, 2022.
Typhoon Muifa made landfall twice near China’s largest metropolitan area and several of the world’s major shipping ports on September 14, 2022. First, the typhoon crossed over land at Zhoushan Island, then it passed over Hangzhou Bay, and it eventually came ashore in Shanghai.Typhoon Damrey in 2012. It is estimated that 230 million people live on and around the delta. In the major ports of Ningbo and Shanghai, operations were suspended. Likewise, oil and gas operations were halted on Zhoushan. In addition, ferry and shipping traffic were suspended, fishing boats were called into port, and flights to and from the region were canceled. China’sreported that more than 1.3 million people were relocated from Zhoushan before the arrival of the storm.
On September 14, 2022, just after 1 p.m. local time, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi-NPP satellite acquired this natural-color image of Muifa as it was approaching southeastern China. On September 14 at 10:15 p.m. , the U.S.reported that the center of the storm had moved offshore of Zhoushan and was about 90 miles south-southeast of Shanghai. Muifa had sustained winds of 80 knots , with gusts up to 100 knots at that time.just a week earlier.
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