Shanghai issued multiple warnings for typhoons, heavy rain, and tsunamis on July 30th, with high-speed trains reversing or canceling routes and flights being delayed. Due to two days of continuous heavy rain, the yellow warning was upgraded to orange, and a tsunami warning was issued for areas along the East coast of Kamchatka Peninsula due to an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, leading to a brief tsunami alert in Zhejiang and Shanghai.
From yesterday (29th), Shanghai has been experiencing continuous heavy rain for two days. The meteorological department upgraded the rainfall warning from yellow to orange at 12:00 pm on the 30th, stating that it “may lead to significant risks such as urban flooding, traffic congestion, etc., and initiated a city-wide Level II flood and typhoon emergency response.”
Some Shanghai residents mentioned their experiences during this rainy period, with one saying, “I have been living in this house for ten years, and this is the first time I’ve encountered water coming into the house through the kitchen hood exhaust pipe. I have to wipe the kitchen counter every five to ten minutes, or else the towel left there to absorb water will start causing a ‘rainfall’ inside the house…”
At the same time, Shanghai had yellow warnings for thunderstorms, typhoons, and blue warnings for high tide in the Huangpu River, all activated simultaneously.
Due to the impact of Typhoon “Zhu Jie Cao,” Shanghai Railway Station announced a widespread delay and suspension of trains on the 30th at 3:34 pm, with plans to temporarily suspend some passenger trains after 3:00 pm on July 30th. For specific information, passengers are advised to follow updates on the 12306 platform and official information released by the railway department.
Around 2:00 pm, a netizen on a high-speed train, “©Si Pao Technology,” expressed, “Unbelievable! When we were almost in Shanghai, the high-speed train had to turn back.”
He further incredulously said, “Is Typhoon ‘Zhu Jie Cao’ that powerful? We were fine this morning when we departed, with clear skies all the way. Suddenly, when the high-speed train was close to Jinhua, we received a text message notifying us that the train would not continue to Shanghai but stop at Hangzhou East for a return trip. Everyone got off the train, and it was so last-minute that the train staff didn’t even explain. We all had to ask after receiving text messages, and the entire train crowd wandered at Hangzhou East Station.”
There were also complaints from netizens who had to make multiple attempts to travel by high-speed rail, only to find that all services were suspended. Some had to resort to hitchhiking to get back to Shanghai.
Some netizens found that all high-speed trains were suspended while they managed to return to Shanghai on the last green-skinned train, wondering about the typhoon when they arrived.
Airline passengers also expressed frustration over delayed flights, with one saying, “From Shenzhen to Shanghai, the flight was delayed from 1:15 pm to 7 pm, I gave up and asked for a refund.”
Another netizen mentioned that all flights, high-speed trains, and regular trains in Shanghai were halted in the afternoon.
A traveler who arrived in Shanghai this morning shared, “I got into Shanghai before 11 am, but it was raining extremely heavily, and I ended up drenched.”
Additionally, at 10 am on the 30th, the Mainland’s Ministry of Natural Resources Tsunami Warning Center issued a yellow tsunami alert for Shanghai and Zhejiang, activating a level two emergency response for marine disasters.
The trigger was an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka at 7:24 am, causing a tsunami. It was expected to impact multiple countries’ waters, including mainland China, prompting warnings. However, the Ministry of Natural Resources lifted the yellow tsunami warning later in the afternoon of the same day.