UPDATE: Shanghai Raises Typhoon Alert as City Braces for Jongdari

UPDATE (August 2, 2018 at 5.01am CST): This story has been updated after the blue warning of typhoon was upgraded to yellow – the third highest in the four-tier system – at 12pm on Thursday.

At 12pm, Shanghai upgraded its blue warning for typhoon to a yellow alert – the third highest in the four-tier system – as the city braces for Typhoon Jongdari to make landfall early Friday morning, Shine reports.

At 8am this morning, Jongdari was located roughly 490 kilometers southeast of the city. It now appears that the typhoon will hit Shanghai on Friday morning, Shine reports.

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Shanghai residents should be prepared for heavy rains and winds of up to 82 kilometers per hour to hit the city starting tonight and lasting into tomorrow. These conditions are expected to be similar to those brought by Typhoon Ampil, which smacked the island of Chongming (45km east of Shanghai) just a couple weeks ago, China Daily reports. 

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