Is Nanjing greatly affected by typhoons?

Nanjing was not greatly affected by the typhoon.

According to the typhoon news released by the Provincial Meteorological Observatory, affected by the surrounding wind and rain of this year's No. 5 typhoon "Dusuri", it is expected that there will be heavy to heavy rains in western Jiangsu from the 29th to the 30th, and light to moderate rains in other areas. ; The province's land wind force is 5 to 7 levels, and the river, lake and sea surface levels are 8 to 9 levels. According to the forecast, there will be moderate rain in the western part of our province on the 29th and heavy rain in the northern part of Xuzhou; on the 30th, there will be showers or thunderstorms across the province, with moderate to heavy rain in the central and western parts of our province and heavy rain in Xuzhou.

Nanjing is mainly affected by the peripheral influence of "Dusurui", with mainly cloudy and rainy days. From the 29th to the 30th, as the typhoon continued to move northward after landing, the wind and rain in Nanjing intensified significantly. Especially on the 30th, the rainfall could reach moderate to heavy rain, local heavy rain, accompanied by strong convective weather such as thunderstorms and strong winds.

Introduction to Nanjing

Nanjing City, referred to as "Ning", formerly known as Jinling and Jiankang, is the capital of Jiangsu Province, a sub-provincial city, a megacity, the core city of the Nanjing Metropolitan Area, and the State Council It is an important central city in eastern China, an important scientific research and education base and a comprehensive transportation hub in the country determined by the approval. As of 2022, the city has 11 districts under its jurisdiction, with a total area of ??6587.02 square kilometers, a built-up area of ??868.28 square kilometers, a permanent population of 9.4911 million, an urban population of 8.2580 million, and an urbanization rate of 87.01%.

Nanjing is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, and has long been the political, economic, and cultural center of southern China. Nanjing has Nanking Man living in Tangshan between 350,000 and 600,000 years ago. It has more than 7,000 years of civilization and nearly 500 years of capital establishment. The excavation of the West Street site traces the history of Nanjing's city building back to the Western Zhou Dynasty 3,100 years ago.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Nanjing