(Bloomberg) -- Tropical Depression Pulasan has swung toward South Korea and Japan after drenching Shanghai with heavy rain overnight, just days after the city was lashed by the strongest typhoon in decades.
The system is forecast to cross South Korea’s western coast on Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 40 knots (74 kilometers) per hour, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. It’s then projected to pass north of Busan before heading into the Sea of Japan.
On Thursday evening, Pulasan made landfall in the Zhejiang province as a tropical storm and tracked over Shanghai dumping heavy rain, according to the China Meteorological Administration. Meishan, a major container port in the area, had suspended operations in anticipation of the storm.
The weather bureau warned on Thursday of as much as 160 millimeters (6.3 inches) of rain in parts of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. That would exacerbate flood risks across those regions, which are still dealing with waterlogged soil and swollen rivers due to Typhoon Bebinca.
--With assistance from Olivia Tam, Wenshan Luo and Li Liu.
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