Typhoon weakens after 2nd landfall in Zhejiang

Traffic starts to resume in province, Shanghai after warnings downgraded

Typhoon In-Fa, after making landfall in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, on Sunday and swirling through Hangzhou Bay, made an unprecedented second landfall in the province at around 9:50 am on Monday in Pinghu. By then its maximum wind speed had diminished to around 100 kilometers per hour.

After making landfall, In-Fa was downgraded to a tropical storm. It was expected to move farther northwest and inland at 5 to 10 km/h, with its strength gradually weakening.

This marked the first time that one typhoon had made landfall twice in Zhejiang, according to the Zhejiang Meteorological Station. It is also the strongest July typhoon ever in Zhejiang, which has long been hit by typhoons in summer.