Shanghai typhoon: Flights cancelled as China's biggest city braces for storm

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By Matt Murphy BBC News Media caption, BBC Weather's Sarah Keith-Lucas All flights to Shanghai's two international airports have been cancelled as the city braces itself for the onslaught of a violent typhoon.
The typhoon is expected to travel across the water of the Hangzhou Bay and make a second landfall at around midnight (16:00 GMT) near Shanghai, China's biggest city and the country's financial hub.
Meanwhile, in Ningbo, a city to the south of Shanghai, schools has been closed and a red alert - China's highest weather warning - has been issued.
The typhoon is expected to move across China and could affect as many as 12 of China's 31 provinces in the coming days.