Tropical Storm Kong-rey threatens Shanghai and China's coast after hitting Taiwan as a typhoon

Kong-rey has weakened from a typhoon to a tropical large wind and is forecast to bring dense rainfall and precocious winds to Shanghai and different parts of China’s eastbound seashore connected Friday

BEIJING -- Typhoon Kong-rey weakened to a tropical large wind overnight and was forecast to bring dense rainfall and precocious winds to Shanghai and different parts of China's eastbound seashore Friday.

The large wind crossed Taiwan astatine typhoon strength connected Thursday, bringing down trees and causing landslides that covered roads and damaged houses. Two group died and much than 500 others were injured.

Authorities successful Taiwan's eastbound seashore state of Hualien said they had restored interaction pinch a Czech mates feared missing. The 2 had sounded a shelter successful Taroko National Park and were successful bully condition, according to nan charismatic Central News Agency.

Kong-rey, which is simply a Cambodian name, was heading northeast on nan Chinese seashore and could make landfall Friday day successful Zhejiang state earlier veering backmost retired to sea, nan National Meteorological Center said.

The passing large wind is expected to impact Shanghai and parts of Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, pinch torrential rainfall of 10 to 12 centimeters (4 to 5 inches) imaginable successful immoderate areas.

Zhejiang and neighboring Fujian state suspended aggregate ferry routes up of nan approaching storm.

In Taiwan, ray rainfall fell Friday greeting successful nan superior Taipei, while island-wide, schools and offices had mostly reopened and nationalist services were mostly restored.

The typhoon passed northbound of nan Philippines earlier successful nan week, prompting caller evacuations conscionable days aft devastating Tropical Storm Trami killed astatine slightest 145 group nan erstwhile week.

Intense rainfall caused successful portion by Trami besides killed 7 group successful China's Hainan state arsenic nan large wind passed by nan island, which is known for its formation resorts, disconnected nan country's confederate coast.