Elon Musk Sends Wishes Amid Typhoons in Shanghai

TapTechNews September 20th news, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted today: 'Shanghai has just experienced the strongest typhoon in 75 years! Sending the warmest wishes to the tenacious and resourceful people of Shanghai. I have asked the Tesla Shanghai team to do their best to help anyone in need.'

According to the Central Meteorological Station, The center of Typhoon 'Prasan' of No. 14 this year made a second landfall along the coast of Fengxian District, Shanghai at around 21:45 on September 19th, and the maximum wind speed near the center at landfall was 9 (23 meters per second, tropical storm level), and the minimum central pressure was 995 hPas.

Yesterday (TapTechNews note: September 19th), Affected by 'Prasan', some areas in Shanghai, southeastern Zhejiang, coastal areas of Fujian, central Jiangxi and other places had heavy rain or torrential rain, and extremely heavy rain occurred locally in the east of Shanghai and Ningde, Fujian; 8-9 levels of wind, and locally 10-11 levels of gusts occurred along the coast of northeastern Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu and other places. Affected by 'Suri', heavy rain or torrential rain occurred in the central and southern parts of Hainan Island, and the local gusts along the coast of Hainan Island were 8-9 levels.

Before this, Typhoon 'Bebinca' of No. 13 this year landed along the coast of Lingang New City, Pudong, Shanghai at around 7:30 on September 16th, and the maximum wind speed near the center at landfall was 14 (42 meters per second, strong typhoon level), and the minimum central pressure was 955 hPas, and Pudong and Hongqiao airports in Shanghai and some subway lines were once affected.