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Summer heat defies White Dew

Metro | Weather
2010-9-8

SWELTERING weather returned today with the highest temperature soaring over 35 degrees Celsius in the city's suburban Jiading District, quite unusual compared with normal years. Today is called White Dew, one...

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City to simmer as Malou departs

Metro | Weather
2010-9-7

TEMPERATURES will rise again from today to Thursday following the departure of the latest tropical storm, weathermen said yesterday. The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau suggested that the maximum temperature in...

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Malou spins off, hot weather lingers

Metro | Weather
2010-9-6

TROPICAL storm Malou is veering away from Shanghai and sparing the city of torrential rains and high winds this week, the local weatherman said today. Malou upgraded to a severe tropical storm at 7am today and was...

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Tropical storm Malou to bring rain

Metro | Weather
2010-9-6

THE year's ninth tropical storm, Malou, is expected to bring rain to the city early today. But forecasters say the influence of Malou will not be as strong as that of typhoon Kompasu, which affected the city last...

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Storm warning

Metro | Weather
2010-9-4

A NEW tropical storm is coming to the city, forecasters said yesterday. The storm Malou was 1,200 kilometers southeast of the city at 5pm yesterday and approaching Shanghai at 20 kilometers per hour, the Shanghai Meteorological...

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Temperatures rising as storms fade

Metro | Weather
2010-9-3

THE heat is on its way back to the city with the fading of the tropical cyclones, weather forecasters said yesterday. Over the next few days it will be mainly cloudy with showers in the afternoon and maximum...

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One cyclone fizzles, but a second floods streets

Metro | Weather
2010-9-2

WHAT typhoon effects? That's what many people in Shanghai wondered after hearing the weather authority warn on Tuesday night of strong rain and gales so severe that officials canceled the first day of school -...

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Typhoon bypasses Shanghai but schools are off

Metro | Weather
2010-9-1

ALTHOUGH Shanghai was fully prepared for a menacing typhoon, big rainstorm did not visit as expected. But typhoon Kompasu, meaning "compass" in Japanese, still brought showers in parts of the city, local weathermen...

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Shanghai spared by typhoon Kompasu

Metro | Weather
2010-9-1

TYPHOON Kompasu skirted Shanghai this morning and headed north, left the city a peaceful sky after some showers before daybreak today. It was forcasted that the typhoon would slam into Shanghai for the first time...

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Wet and windy: We'll feel impact of typhoon

Metro | Weather
2010-9-1

TYPHOON Kompasu is unlikely to hit Shanghai but will probably make its impact felt on the city today with severe rain and gales, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said yesterday. Classes are suspended today in...

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More rain and wind on horizon

Metro | Weather
2010-8-31

MORE rainy and windy weather is expected as a tropical depression moves into the city to be followed by a severe tropical storm, weatherman said yesterday. The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said three tropical...

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Cooler weather will not continue for long

Metro | Weather
2010-8-30

ENJOY the cooler weather for a couple of days, but be prepared for the mercury to rise again by the middle of the week, weathermen said yesterday. But the respite from the heat will be accompanied by rain. Due...

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Cooler weather ahead with more rain

Metro | Weather
2010-8-27

SHANGHAI is cooling down today with the mercury staying below 35 degrees Celsius due to showers yesterday and today, weatherman said. Today's maximum temperature is 33 degrees and the heat that broiled the city...

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Expo site survives the thunder

Metro | Weather
2010-8-27

THE World Expo site survived its toughest test to date after thunderstorms and torrential rain hit the city last night, disrupting flights and flooding streets. But the drainage system at the Expo site withstood...

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Thunder, lightning as storm cools city

Metro | Weather
2010-8-26

SHANGHAI'S sky darkened and temperatures cooled yesterday afternoon as a thunderstorm swept through the city, dropping hailstones in the south, affecting dozens of flights and flooding households and streets. A...