The 18th in this season typhoon "Rumbia" on Friday, August 17, attacked Pudong - a new metropolis area of ??Shanghai (East China), Xinhua news agency reported with reference to the National Meteorological Center.

Tropical Storm brought torrential rains and wind gusts up to 23 meters per second.

NMC on Thursday morning announced a "blue" warning in connection with the typhoon "Rumbia".

China adopted a four-level system of warnings about adverse weather conditions, in which the highest level of danger is indicated in red, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

Because of the typhoon, about 53 thousand people were evacuated, about 2.5 thousand vessels returned to the port.

It is expected that downpours in the city will continue until Saturday. Forecasters predict that the tropical storm will gradually weaken as we move northwest.