SHANGHAI: Shanghai's airports cancelled most of their flights Sunday as authorities braced for Typhoon Muifa, a report said, but the storm bypassed China's commercial capital and may hit land further north.
Almost 500,000 people were evacuated as the powerful typhoon was previously forecast to hit the eastern coast near Shanghai over the weekend.
But Muifa changed course while at sea, packing winds of 178 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, the national meteorological centre said Sunday.
The temperamental storm, which has already changed speed and direction several times, is now due either to make landfall in the eastern province of Shandong Monday morning or to keep moving north along the coast, it added.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011
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