Typhoon Muifa heads for Shanghai after making landfall in China

People walk in the rain ahead of the approaching Typhoon Muifa in Taipei, Taiwan (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

A strong typhoon has made landfall on a group of Chinese islands as it heads toward the metropolis of Shanghai.

Typhoon Muifa hit the Zhoushan archipelago, near the port city of Ningbo on the country’s east coast, at about 8.30pm on Wednesday, China’s National Meteorological Centre said.