Typhoon Co-May Makes 2nd Landfall in Shanghai After 280,000 Residents Evacuate

Shanghai’s Fengxian District suffers a landfall hours after the first in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.

People protect themselves with disposable rain ponchos during the passage of Typhoon Co-May in Shanghai on July 30, 2025. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Over 280,000 residents were evacuated in Shanghai as a tropical storm struck eastern China, prompting authorities to cancel flights and halt ferry services on Wednesday.

Typhoon Co-May triggered the second landfall in Shanghai’s Fengxian District in the afternoon, after impacting the port city of Zhoushan in Zhejiang province hours before.