4th LD-Writethru-China Focus: Typhoon Bebinca makes landfall in Shanghai

SHANGHAI/NANJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of this year, made landfall in Shanghai at about 7:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Shanghai central meteorological observatory.

The typhoon, with the maximum wind force near its center reaching 42 meters per second, churned ashore at the Lingang area of Pudong district.

Bebinca, believed to be the strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai in 75 yea