Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning as a Category 1 storm, the most powerful tropical cyclone to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades.

Packing top wind speeds of 151 kph near its eye, Bebinca landed in the city of nearly 25 million around 7:30 am, state media reported, the strongest storm to strike Shanghai since Typhoon Gloria in 1949.