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Virgin cancels Shanghai flights as super typhoon heads to China

Friday, 10 July 20153 min read

Virgin Atlantic was forced to cancel flights to Shanghai on Friday and Saturday due to the super typhoon heading to China.

It said it could not operate the filghts in the adverse weather conditions.

On Friday the Foreign Office was urging visitors to follow the advice of local authorities as China Meteorological Administration issued its highest warning level for Super Typhoon Chan-Hom, which is forecast to affect parts of eastern China.

Flights, ferry services and trains were cancelled, seaside resorts closed, and tens of thousands of people evacuated along the south-eastern coast.

Chan-hom was expected to make landfall by early Saturday at Fujian or Zhejiang province.

All flights in and out of the seaside city of Zhoushan have been cancelled and several tourist spots closed.

The typhoon has also impacted flights in Taiwan.