Shanghai With Typhoon Wipha

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On the night we arrived more than a million and a half people in and around Shanghai fled in advance of Wipha, one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the country in a decade.  

The next morning as 180 mile an hour winds threatened, oblivious to the forecast, we set off in a steady downpour to walk to the Bund .

We didn't get very far, taking refuge in a restaurant for an early lunch

Giving up on the Bund we walked back along Nanjing Lu where the staff were bailing out the store fronts.

Night time is the best time on this street, the longest shopping district in the world .  It is particularly pretty when rain slicked .

 Thankfully Wipha moderated before reaching the city.

Neon to rival Las Vegas.
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