Super Typhoon Chan-hom hit the coast south of Shanghai late on July 12, 2015 afternoon as winds of up to 160km/h forced the evacuation of at least 1.1 million people and the cancellation of hundreds of flights. China Central Television and the Xinhua News Agency reported that the storm made landfall in Zhoushan , a city east of the port of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, dumping more than 100 millimetres of rain since late Friday. The Hong Kong International Airport said 51 flights between Shanghai and Hong Kong had been affected.