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原文地址：China Cancels Flights, Evacuates Thousands as Typhoon Nears
新闻日期：2024-09-15
台风别比佳预计将于9月16日上午登陆长江三角洲地区，覆盖宁波、舟山等地，中国中央气象台对此已进行预报。上海也可能会受到此次台风影响，在昨天下午2点，上海市启动了应急响应机制，暂停了铁路交通、关闭了港口、桥梁和高速公路。据官方消息，上海两大机场将于昨晚8点后取消所有航班，截至当天下午，已有超过600个航班被取消。舟山市已要求人们留在室内，因为该地区已经开始受到台风的影响。
昨天下午6点前，宁波的人员需完成撤离；同时，崇明区正将9,318名居民转移到安全地点。据当地媒体报道，上海洋山深水港的主要港口群人员将于昨晚6点前撤离。
中国的“中秋节”三天国庆假期已于昨天开始，此次台风可能会进一步扰乱旅客交通并降低消费活力。据中国新闻社报道，预计国庆期间铁路客流量将达到74亿人次；另外，全国跨地区的旅客流动量昨日达到了195亿人次，同比增加42%。
原文摘要：
Typhoon Bebinca’s imminent landing in China led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the evacuation of residents from some cities, disrupting the plans of millions of holiday makers at the start of a national festival.Bebinca, which China refers to as Beibijia, is set to hit the Yangtze River Delta region in the morning on Monday, Sept. 16, along the area between the cities of Zhoushan and Qidong, Cailian , citing the National Meteorological Center’s forecast made at 6pm on Sunday.Shanghai is also expected to be hit by the typhoon’s landfall in the morning, the Shanghai Meteorological Service. Bebinca is expected to bring significant rainfall and high tides when it lands, the city’s weather agency said. It may become the strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949, state broadcaster China Central Television reported.Shanghai initiated a top-level emergency response at 2pm local time on Sunday, suspending railways, closing ports, bridges and highways. All flights in and out of the two airports in Shanghai will be canceled after 8pm on Sunday, according to the . Through the day, more than 600 flights were already canceled.Personnel at Yangshan Deepwater Port, a major port cluster, were to be evacuated by 6pm on Sunday, while Shanghai’s Chongming District was relocating 9,318 people to safe places, according to local media reports. Zhoushan warned people to stay indoors as rain and strong winds began lashing the city during the afternoon. Read more: China’s three-day, mid-autumn festival holiday started on Sunday. Disruptions to travel could further dampen consumption in the world’s second-largest economy. The national railway operator estimates passenger traffic may reach 74 million during the mid-autumn festival, Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday. The cross-regional flow of people over the country reached 195 million that day, 42% higher than a year earlier, Cailian reported on Sunday, citing the Ministry of Transport. Read more:
