Pulasan was expected to make landfall near the Chinese financial hub by Friday morning. Forecasters warned of potential floods and landslides.

Roads and neighborhoods in Shanghai flooded on Friday as the Chinese megacity was battered by a second typhoon days after it was hit by its strongest storm in 75 years. Typhoon Pulasan made landfall Thursday night in the city's Fengxian district, with a maximum wind speed of 83 kph, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

SHANGHAI: Shanghai finds itself in the grip of a prolonged spell of inclement weather as the aftermath of Typhoon Pulasan continues to unfold, following its landfall on Thursday (Sept 19) night, marking the city's second typhoon encounter in a week.

Pulasan is the second typhoon to make landfall in China this year, following Typhoon Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of the year, which churned ashore at Shanghai's Lingang area of Pudong district on Monday. Its intensity is forecast to gradually weaken as it moves inland, said the Zhejiang meteorological observatory.

More than a hundred thousand people were evacuated from Shanghai as Typhoon Pulasan brought heavy rains that broke local records in parts of the Chinese megacity.