Shanghai Proactively Creates Storage Capacity Ahead of Potential Rainfall from Typhoon CHAMPI

In response to the impacts of wind and rain from Typhoon CHAMPI, Shanghai’s Flood Control Office has stopped water diversion and increased drainage efforts since the evening of the 20th. As of 5 p.m. on the 23rd, 440 million cubic meters of reservoir storage capacity and additional pipe-network retention space had been cleared, maximizing the city’s capacity for flood control and drainage, according to The Paper.