Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall Near Yuhuan, Zhejiang, Evacuating Over One Million in China

Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall on China’s eastern coast, bringing torrential rain and hurricane-force winds with more than one million people evacuated. Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall near Yuhuan in eastern Zhejiang province at about 5:30pm (09:30 GMT) on Sunday, according to China’s meteorological authorities. Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Typhoon Bavi pummels China’s eastern coast - list 2 of 3Typhoon Dolphin hurtles towards Japan: Tracker, updates and what to expect - list 3 of 3Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan, heads towards China The storm packed maximum sustained winds of 151km/h (93mph) near its centre as it came ashore, equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane. Authorities have warned of severe flooding and landslide risks as the storm moves inland and continues to bring heavy rain to densely populated areas of eastern China. Transport was widely disrupted across the region. Shanghai evacuated at least 30,300 people and cancelled about 1,400 flights. In neighbouring Zhejiang province, the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters. Authorities had also evacuated about 390,000 people in the Zhejiang city of Taizhou by Saturday evening. In Fujian province, about 98,900 people were evacuated from high-risk areas after authorities raised their typhoon emergency response to Level III, state news agency Xinhua reported. Authorities moved offshore workers to safety, ordered vessels back to port and stepped up inspections of reservoirs, mountain streams, landslide-prone areas, construction sites and tourist locations. Flood and landslide warnings Torrential rain is forecast through August 10 across Zhejiang, Shanghai, northern Fujian, northeastern Jiangxi, central and southern Anhui, and much of Jiangsu. Parts of central and eastern Zhejiang could receive 250mm to 500mm (9.8-19.7 inches) of rain, according to forecasters. China’s Ministry of Water Resources warned that the Qiantang, Yong, Jiao and Shuiyang rivers could experience major flooding, while smaller rivers in the hardest-hit areas could rise above warning levels. Authorities also warned of a high risk of geological disasters in parts of Zhejiang, with residents in areas under a red mountain-torrent warning told to follow local evacuation orders. After making landfall, Dolphin is forecast to track westward before slowing over central and southwestern China and gradually losing strength, Wang Haiping, chief forecaster at the National Meteorological Centre, told state broadcaster CCTV. The slower movement could prolong heavy rainfall and increase the threat of flooding and landslides, particularly in mountainous areas and along smaller rivers. Fujian maritime authorities suspended 55 coastal passenger ferry routes, halted 115 offshore construction projects and moved 290 construction vessels to sheltered waters. Shanghai’s Yangshan port also cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter ahead of the storm. Disruption across the region The outer bands of Dolphin brought heavy rain to northern Taiwan, including the capital, Taipei, from Saturday. Dozens of ferry services were suspended and more than 180 flights were cancelled as the storm brought strong winds and downpours. In the Philippines, Dolphin intensified seasonal monsoon rains that triggered flooding and landslides across parts of the country. Five people were rescued and seven remained missing after a landslide struck three houses in the northern mountain resort city of Baguio on Sunday, according to officials. Flooding also affected large parts of the main northern island of Luzon, including the densely populated metropolitan Manila region, displacing more than 12,000 people and forcing several northern cities and towns to close schools on Friday and Saturday. The monsoon rains followed a tropical storm that left at least six people dead last week, including four people killed in a landslide and rockslide in the provinces of Benguet and Rizal, Philippine officials said. Dolphin had earlier swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture over the weekend, injuring at least six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.

- Published Chinese authorities have evacuated more than a million people from their homes in eastern China including the financial capital Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall. The typhoon brought heavy rain and halted transportation across the region. Nearly 1,000 flights were cancelled in Shanghai alone on Monday. While authorities have downgraded Dolphin to a tropical storm, they continue to warn of torrential rains, severe flooding and the risk of landslides through to Wednesday as the storm moves north. Chinese authorities had earlier issued their highest-level red alert for Dolphin, which is the strongest storm to hit China this year. It packed maximum wind speeds of 150km/h (94mph) when it first slammed into Yuhuan in the Zhejiang province at 17:30 (09:30 GMT) on Sunday before making a second landfall in the city of Wenzhou about an hour later, meteorological authorities said. Heavy rain was forecast on Monday for the provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the city of Shanghai. Governments have urged people to avoid outdoor activities, while several top tourist attractions remain closed, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, and several viewing platforms along the Bund in Shanghai. Footage on state media show ground-floor businesses flooded in the former French Concession in Shanghai, an area popular with tourists, and people wading through ankle-deep waters. Several state media outlets have reported that a nine-year-old boy from Wenling, Zhejiang is missing after being swept into the sea. Chinese officials have not reported any casualties. Parts of Zhejiang could receive 250mm to 500mm of rain over the next few days, forecasters say. Authorities in Hangzhou, Zhejiang's capital city, have waived parking fees in all public spaces for drivers seeking shelter amid the strong winds and floodwaters. Elsewhere in the province, Wenzhou authorities have relocated some 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters, while about 390,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the city of Taizhou. In the coastal province of Fujian, maritime authorities have suspended dozens of passenger ferry routes and halted more than 100 offshore construction projects. The storm moved over a long distance of 6,000km before making landfall, suggesting a lifespan of more than three times that of an average typhoon, according to China's state broadcaster CCTV. It also has a massive circulation size and intense rainfall capacity, CCTV reported. Misinformation around the storm has apparently spread rapidly on the Chinese internet, with state media reporting that two people have been detained for distributing such content. One of them, a 60-year-old man, created a fake video with AI that claimed someone in Shanghai had fallen from a building during the storm. Another man, 32, had re-edited storm footage posted by other social media users in a way that was deemed as misleading. Dolphin brought torrential rains to the Philippines, parts of northern Taiwan and Japan's Okinawa island before bearing down on China. Eight people have died in the Philippines because of heavy monsoon rains brought on by Dolphin and storms earlier in the week, says the Office of Civil Defence. More than 7,000 people are sheltering at evacuation centres nationwide. In Okinawa in Japan, five elderly people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the prefectural government. Three of them fell because of the strong winds, it said. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, weather observatory posted a record high temperature of 36.9C on Sunday as the typhoon swept warm air over the city. Typhoon season in the western Pacific typically occurs between May and October, when typhoons are considered more commonplace. This year is a strong El Niño year, which experts say means typhoons can grow to be more intense.

Heavy rainfall and strong winds prompted flood alerts and more than 1,000 flight cancellations across China on Monday, even as Typhoon Dolphin weakened. China's National Meteorological Centre (NMC) issued its least severe typhoon alert on Monday morning as the storm lost power after making landfall in China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday. Despite the weaker storm, the NMC warned that parts of east and central China will continue to receive heavy rainfall. Authorities issued their most severe flash flood alert for parts of eastern and southern Zhejiang on Monday, state news broadcaster CCTV reported. Five districts in Beijing are also under red alerts for heavy rainfall on Monday, with risks of landslides and flooding. The storm had already forced over 300,000 people in eastern China to preemptively relocate, while bringing heavy rainfall to northern Taiwan over the weekend. In Shanghai, authorities evacuated more than 30,000 people out of high-risk areas. Overall, some one million people have been told to seek shelter. Typhoon Dolphin disrupts transport in Shanghai Shanghai's two main passenger airports, Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao International Airport, canceled 943 flights between them for Monday, the airport authority said in a post online. That's a reduction of capacity by nearly 40%. On Sunday, the two airports had cancelled nearly 1,500 flights, or about 60% of their scheduled travel, according to state media. Public transport services in the city were also impacted, with several local trains suspended. At the same time, Zhejiang province began to resume its transport facilities. Zhejiang's Ningbo International Airport will resume flights midday on Monday but warned that some of the scheduled travel may still be delayed or canceled as the storm had "not yet completely dissipated." China is dealing with Typhoon Dolphin just two weeks after Typhoon Noul struck its southern Guangdong province. Last month, Typhoon Maysak killed 11 people and injured over 300 in the central Hubei province. Extreme weather systems are a common feature in China this time of the year, with typhoons leaving significant displacement, infrastructural damage and loss of lives. Scientists warn that the intensity and frequency of such extreme weather have increased and will continue to rise amid climate change. Edited by: Elizabeth Schumacher Don't let the algorithm hide the news. If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google by clicking here and hitting the "star" or "preferred" button, so you'll always see our verified news first.

T Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China so far this year, forced more than a million people to evacuate along the country’s eastern coast. Its passage left streets turned into canals, flooded neighborhoods, and record rainfall in Shanghai, with the largest 24-hour total since measurements began more than a century and a half ago, in addition to a broad swath of Chinese territory under threat of flooding and landslides. Dolphin made landfall on Sunday afternoon (5:30 PM local time, six hours behind mainland Spain) near Yuhuan in Zhejiang province, with sustained winds of 151 kilometers per hour, and did so again shortly after in Yueqing, further south. Although it quickly weakened to a tropical storm, its massive cloud front continued to unleash rain over Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shandong, as well as the Shanghai megalopolis. The exact extent of the displacements is still difficult to determine, since China has not published a consolidated national balance sheet and local figures pertain to different moments. State broadcaster CCTV reported more than 900,000 people moved in Wenzhou, a city of almost 10 million people in Zhejiang, where more than 1,500 shelters were opened. The state agency Xinhua counted another 215,600 displaced in Shanghai and 98,900 in Fujian province. The evacuees are mainly residents and workers from areas considered more vulnerable to the storm because they are in low-lying neighborhoods prone to flooding, precarious housing, coastal zones, or mountainous areas exposed to landslides. The Xujiahui weather station in central Shanghai recorded 312.9 millimeters of rain in the 24 hours ending at 7 AM this Monday, the largest total since measurements began in 1872. In Tangqiao, in the Pudong district, the rainfall approached 400 millimeters. “I’ve never seen the city like this,” says Ming, a 33-year-old Shanghainese, in a message. “It has rained nonstop; this morning the water reached my knees.” Both of Shanghai’s airports have canceled more than 940 flights, almost 40% of their capacity, according to CCTV. Dolphin is the 13th typhoon of the season and the fourth to make landfall in China, after Maysak, Bavi, and Noul did so in July. According to CCTV, it has an unusual trajectory: the system originated in the central Pacific, crossed the International Date Line, and was designated a typhoon on July 27. Before reaching the Asian giant, it traveled more than 6,000 kilometers. The National Meteorological Center estimates it remained active for more than 15 days, more than triple the average, which is usually six days. Its remnants are now advancing toward Hubei and Henan (central China) and pushing moisture northward across the country. Beijing is preparing to activate flood response measures from Tuesday, while rainfall could reach the capital and neighboring Tianjin and Hebei by Thursday. Although global warming cannot be pinpointed as a direct cause of typhoons (known as hurricanes in the Atlantic and the northeastern Pacific), it is altering the conditions in which these cyclones form. Warmer seas can provide more energy, and a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, which favors heavier rainfall. A study published this year in Communications Earth & Environment concludes that climate change will expand in coming decades the areas of the western North Pacific exposed to extreme rainfall associated with typhoons. The sequence of floods, typhoons, and other extreme weather events has also led Beijing to strengthen its crackdown on misinformation circulating online during natural disasters. On July 23, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Emergency Management launched a campaign against the spread of old images presented as current, victim tallies or affected peoples, and videos created with artificial intelligence (AI). The local newspaper The Paper reports that Shanghai police announced on Monday the “administrative detention” (a police-imposed deprivation of liberty without a criminal conviction) of a 60-year-old man accused of using AI to create a video simulating the fall of a woman from a Pudong building during Typhoon Dolphin.

The Dolphin typhoon has forced the evacuation of at least 1.6 million people in eastern China and has brought rainfall to Shanghai not seen in 150 years. Major airports in eastern China were already furling hundreds of flights on Monday due to the rains and winds associated with the typhoon, which is weakening after making landfall twice in Zhejiang on Sunday. The Chinese government activated national emergency mechanisms on Monday for rescue and assistance operations in Zhejiang, one of the hardest-hit regions, and sent a working team to damaged areas to assess the damage, assist evacuees, and ensure basic supplies. Dolphin, the thirteenth typhoon of the season according to Chinese nomenclature, made landfall around 5:30 p.m. local time on Sunday (9:30 a.m. GMT) in Yuhuan city, Zhejiang, with maximum winds of 42 meters per second (about 151 kilometers per hour), the National Meteorological Center (NMC) reported. The system then made landfall again a little more than an hour later in Yueqing, also in Zhejiang, with winds of 38 meters per second, before moving inland and weakening. Massive evacuations. Available tallies put the number of preventive displacements at more than 1.6 million, including about 900,000 relocations in Wenzhou and more than 390,000 in Taizhou, both cities in Zhejiang; another 215,600 in Shanghai, and 98,900 in Fujian province, according to data released by state media. In Zhejiang, with 64 million inhabitants, authorities had activated the maximum alert level, with measures suspending work, classes, businesses, and transportation in coastal areas, where thousands of vessels were sent to shelters and sea routes were paralyzed. The NMC downgraded its typhoon alert on Monday but maintained an orange alert, the second-highest level, for heavy rains, with forecasts of heavy or torrential rainfall in several eastern and central areas of the country. In some eastern parts of Zhejiang and the mountainous areas of southern Anhui, rains could be “extremely torrential.” Record rainfall in Shanghai. According to local newspaper Shanghai Daily, a central Shanghai weather station recorded 312.9 millimeters of rainfall in 24 hours, which would be the maximum in more than 150 years of records, while across the Huangpu River, which divides the city, rainfall could have exceeded 400 millimeters. The same outlet added that those records placed Shanghai, which since Saturday had experienced heavy rains and winds, flooded streets and canals at risk of overflowing, as the second most affected area by Dolphin after neighboring Zhejiang. In the megacity, four metro lines were suspended on Monday, others were operating partially or at reduced speeds, and all passenger water transport, including urban ferries and tourist services, was halted. Local authorities have asked residents not to leave home unless absolutely necessary, and businesses have been instructed not to count absent employees who cannot report to their posts. The typhoon arrived in a summer in China marked by torrential rains, floods, landslides, and cyclones that have left dozens of dead and preventive evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people in several provinces. - Italian opposition criticizes Meloni for creating a “baseless” diplomatic crisis with Spain - Italy rejects Spain’s ultimatum and says it will maintain border controls at least until August 15 - Live Ukraine-Russia war updates - Iran war, live updates | Latest Middle East conflict news - Meloni government calls Spain’s decision to impose border checks on travelers from Italy “unacceptable and incomprehensible” - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan sign a regional defense agreement in the face of threats from Iran and Israel - Netanyahu rejects Trump’s plan to unlock the Gaza situation and leaves all options open - Lampedusa, Ceuta, Greece, Canary Islands, Poland... How has the EU reacted to other major migration crises?

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, 1 million evacuations, and a top-level alert. China's east coast has been preparing for the storm's arrival in recent days, with work and transport services suspended in some areas along its predicted path. The centre of the typhoon moved over the coastline near Yuhuan City in Zhejiang Province at about 5:30 pm (09:30 GMT), China's National Meteorological Centre said in an online post. Maximum wind speeds near the centre were more than 150 kilometres per hour at the time it made landfall, the NMC said. Parts of central and eastern Zhejiang could receive 250 to 500 mm of rain. Authorities relocated more than 900,000 residents from the city of Wenzhou and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters. Nearly 1,400 flights in and out of Shanghai's two main passenger airports were cancelled on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Hangzhou's airport in nearby Zhejiang province saw 270 inbound and outbound flights cancelled, the report said. Heavy rain, strong winds The effects were felt as far away as Hong Kong on China's southern coast, where the weather observatory posted a record high temperature of 36.9°C, caused by warm air pushed over the city by Typhoon Dolphin. With the storm "moving towards the vicinity of Zhejiang and moving inland, its outer subsiding air will persistently bring extremely hot weather to the territory today to Tuesday", the Hong Kong Observatory said. Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds to Japan's Okinawa before reaching China. Seven people in Okinawa suffered minor injuries, including a man aged over 100 who was blown over by gusts, fell to the ground, and hit his head, according to the island's government. By Sunday afternoon, 5,290 households in Okinawa were without electricity, according to regional utility Okinawa Electric Power. In Taiwan, dozens of ferry services were suspended, and more than 180 flights were cancelled as the storm brought downpours and strong winds to the island's north on Sunday. Red alert issued China's NMC issued a red typhoon alert — its most severe warning — on Sunday morning, forecasting "extraordinary torrential rain" in some areas of central and eastern Zhejiang. Heavy precipitation is also expected to fall in Shanghai and parts of Fujian, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces through Monday afternoon, it said. Typhoon Dolphin was expected to weaken after making landfall while moving in a northwesterly direction over eastern China. In Fujian, nearly 99,000 people were relocated from "risky areas" on Saturday evening ahead of the storm's arrival, state news agency Xinhua reported. Services on more than 200 ferry routes were suspended in Zhejiang and Fujian, Xinhua said. Work on offshore projects was halted, while 474 construction vessels had been called to port by Friday morning, Xinhua said. Some train services in affected areas were also suspended on Sunday to ensure passenger safety, state media reported. Scientists say human-driven climate change is making extreme heat events more frequent and more intense worldwide. Typhoon Dolphin's arrival in China comes two weeks after Typhoon Noul lashed southern Guangdong province, declared by authorities at the time as the strongest storm to hit China this year. Three people were killed, and hundreds of homes were damaged by Typhoon Noul in the Philippines before it reached China.

China cancels flights, issues evacuation orders as Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall China's National Meteorological Centre on Sunday issued a red typhoon alert, its most severe warning, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Yuhuan in the southeastern Zhejiang province. Flights in and out of China's densely populated eastern coast were cancelled and nearly 100,000 people were relocated to less risky areas, authorities said. More than 1,000 flights to and from China's eastern coast were cancelled on Sunday as authorities issued a top-level alert ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin. Typhoon Dolphin has already swept through Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings. Before its landfall in the southeastern Chinese city of Yuhuan on Sunday, authorities moved offshore workers to safety, ordered vessels back to port and increased checks at reservoirs, mountain streams, landslide-prone areas, construction sites and tourist locations. Nearly 1,400 flights in and out of Shanghai's two main passenger airports had been cancelled, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Hangzhou's airport in nearby Zhejiang province saw 270 inbound and outbound flights cancelled, the report said. China's National Meteorological Centre (NMC) issued a red typhoon alert – its most severe warning – on Sunday morning, forecasting "extraordinary torrential rain" in some areas of central and eastern Zhejiang. Heavy precipitation is also expected to fall in Shanghai and parts of Fujian, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces through Monday afternoon, the NMC said. After Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall, it is expected to weaken while moving in a northwesterly direction over eastern China. In Fujian, nearly 99,000 people had been relocated from "risky areas" on Saturday evening ahead of the storm's arrival, state news agency Xinhua reported. Services on more than 200 ferry routes were suspended in Zhejiang and Fujian, Xinhua said. Work at offshore projects had been halted while 474 construction vessels had been called to port by Friday morning, Xinhua added. Some train services in affected areas had also been suspended on Sunday to ensure passenger safety, state media reported. Typhoon Dolphin's arrival in China comes two weeks after Typhoon Noul lashed southern Guangdong province, declared by authorities at the time as the strongest to hit China this year. Three people were killed and hundreds of homes were damaged by Typhoon Noul in the Philippines before reaching China. Read moreBiggest typhoon in decades nears Taiwan after landslides kill 15 in Philippines Stranded in Shanghai By Sunday morning Shanghai had evacuated at least 30,300 people and cancelled about 1,500 flights, according to flight-tracking data provider VariFlight. A 44-year-old tourist from Guangdong, surnamed Chen, said he was stranded in Shanghai after his family's flight, scheduled to depart on Sunday evening, was cancelled because of Typhoon Dolphin. He said the family had been rebooked on a flight at 10pm on Monday, although they were unsure whether it would be able to take off. "To us Guangdong people, this typhoon is as ordinary as having a meal and feeling the wind. It's just part of everyday life," Chen said, adding that the storm did not appear particularly strong by the standards of China's southern coast. In neighbouring Zhejiang province, the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters as authorities braced for the storm's impact. In Fujian province, authorities evacuated 98,900 people from high-risk areas after raising the typhoon emergency response to Level III, according to Xinhua. Zhejiang, Shanghai and Jiangsu have also activated Level III emergency responses. Fujian maritime authorities said 55 coastal passenger ferry routes had been suspended, all 115 offshore construction projects halted and 290 construction vessels moved to sheltered waters. The water resources ministry said the Qiantang, Yong, Jiao and Shuiyang rivers could see major flooding, while smaller rivers in the hardest-hit areas could rise above warning levels. Authorities warned of a high risk of geological disasters in parts of Zhejiang, while residents in areas covered by a red mountain-torrent warning were told to follow local evacuation orders. Shanghai's Yangshan port cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter ahead of Dolphin, the city's maritime safety administration said. (FRANCE 24 with AFP and Reuters)

Tropical Cyclone Dolphin left at least 1.6 million people evacuated in eastern China and brought record rainfall to Shanghai, while weakening on Monday after making landfall in two separate moments on Sunday in Zhejiang Province and moving inland. The storm also continued to disrupt air traffic in Shanghai and other cities in the region. The major airports in eastern China were tallying hundreds of flight cancellations due to the heavy rainfall and winds associated with the cyclone, according to the Efe news agency. According to data from the Feichangzhun air-tracking platform consulted around local noon, Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport was operating at 17% normal capacity with 459 flights canceled, still described as large-scale cancellations. The other major city airport, Hongqiao, showed 33% normal capacity with 213 flights canceled and cancellations considered small-scale. The situation represented an improvement from earlier in the morning, when operational normality was just 1% at Pudong and 2% at Hongqiao. The disruptions also affected other airports in the eastern part of the country. In Ningbo, Zhejiang, 128 flights had been canceled, while in Wenzhou, near the landfall areas of Dolphin, 75 cancellations were recorded. In Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu, the airport operated at 57% normality, with 136 flights canceled and delayed, in addition to diversions of arriving flights due to heavy rains and poor visibility. In Hangzhou and Hefei, the situation was less severe but still had incidents, with 159 and 79 flights canceled, respectively. Two impacts in Zhejiang Dolphin, the thirteenth cyclone of the season by Chinese naming, made landfall around 17:30 on Sunday (09:30 GMT) in Yuhuan, Zhejiang, with maximum winds of 42 meters per second, about 151 kilometers per hour, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). Just over an hour later, the system again made landfall in Yueqing, also in Zhejiang, with winds of 38 meters per second, before moving inland and weakening, reported Efe. At 05:00 on Monday (21:00 GMT on Sunday), Dolphin’s center was in Qingyuan County, Zhejiang, with winds of 23 meters per second, now as a tropical storm. In response, the Chinese government activated national emergency mechanisms for rescue and assistance in Zhejiang and sent a working team to affected areas to assess damage, assist evacuees, and ensure the supply of basic goods. More than 1.6 million evacuees The tallies released by state media place the number of people moved as a precaution ahead of the cyclone at more than 1.6 million. More than 900,000 were evacuated in Wenzhou and over 390,000 in Taizhou, both in Zhejiang. They are joined by about 215,600 people in Shanghai and 98,900 in Fujian Province. In Zhejiang, one of the hardest-hit regions, authorities had activated the highest alert level and ordered the suspension of work, classes, commercial activities, and transportation in coastal areas. Thousands of vessels were moved to shelters, and several sea routes were halted. The NMC downgraded its cyclone alert on Monday but kept an orange alert, the second-highest level, for heavy rains in parts of eastern and central China. In parts of eastern Zhejiang and mountainous areas of southern Anhui, rainfall could be “extremely torrential,” with accumulations between 250 and 320 millimeters. Since August 8, some areas of Taizhou have recorded more than 700 millimeters of rain, while five national weather stations in Zhejiang set new daily rainfall records. Shanghai records historic rainfall Shanghai has also been one of the hardest-hit areas. According to the local Shanghai Daily, a weather station in the city center recorded 312.9 millimeters of rain in 24 hours, the highest total in more than 150 years of records. Across the Huangpu River, which divides the city, rainfall may have exceeded 400 millimeters. The heavy rains and winds affecting the metropolis since Saturday have caused street flooding and raised the risk of canal overflow. Public transportation has also been affected. Four metro lines were suspended on Monday, while others operated partially or with speed restrictions. In addition, all passenger water transport, including urban ferries and sightseeing services, was paralyzed. Local authorities have urged residents not to leave their homes unless strictly necessary and have instructed businesses not to count employee absences due to inability to reach their workplaces. Before reaching China, Dolphin passed through the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan on Friday, where it left at least three people with minor injuries, power outages affecting thousands of households, and hundreds of flight cancellations. The cyclone arrives during a summer particularly adverse to China, marked by torrential rains, floods, landslides, and cyclones that have caused dozens of fatalities and forced preventative evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people in various provinces."

China evacuates over one million as Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern coast Chinese authorities have evacuated more than one million people from their homes in eastern China, including the financial hub of Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall. The typhoon brought heavy rain and disrupted transportation across the region, with nearly 1,000 flights cancelled in Shanghai alone on Monday, BBC reported. Although authorities have downgraded Dolphin to a tropical storm, they continue to warn of torrential rainfall, severe flooding and the risk of landslides through Wednesday as the storm moves north. Chinese authorities had earlier issued their highest-level red alert for Dolphin, which is the strongest storm to hit China this year. The typhoon had maximum wind speeds of 150 km/h (94 mph) when it first made landfall in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, at 17:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Sunday. It made a second landfall in the city of Wenzhou about an hour later, according to meteorological authorities. Heavy rain was forecast for Monday across the provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as the city of Shanghai. Authorities have urged people to avoid outdoor activities, while several major tourist attractions remain closed. These include parts of Disneyland and Legoland, as well as several viewing platforms along Shanghai’s Bund. State media footage showed ground-floor businesses flooded in Shanghai’s former French Concession, a popular tourist area, while people were seen wading through ankle-deep water. Several state media outlets reported that a nine-year-old boy from Wenling in Zhejiang was missing after being swept into the sea. Chinese officials have not reported any casualties. Forecasters said parts of Zhejiang could receive between 250 mm and 500 mm of rain over the next few days. Authorities in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, have waived parking fees in all public parking spaces for drivers seeking shelter from strong winds and floodwaters. Elsewhere in the province, authorities in Wenzhou have relocated around 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters. About 390,000 people have also been evacuated from their homes in the city of Taizhou. In the coastal province of Fujian, maritime authorities have suspended dozens of passenger ferry routes and halted more than 100 offshore construction projects. The storm travelled a distance of 6,000 km before making landfall, suggesting that it had a lifespan more than three times longer than that of an average typhoon, according to China’s state broadcaster CCTV. CCTV also reported that Dolphin has a massive circulation area and the capacity to produce intense rainfall. News.Az By Nijat Babayev

Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places) A person holds a broken umbrella while people cross a road, as winds intensify ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin in Shanghai, China, August 9, 2026. REUTERS/Go Nakamura Summary Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall near Yuhuan in Zhejiang Storm could bring up to 500 mm of rain in parts of Zhejiang Shanghai's Yangshan port moves more than 500 vessels to shelter Typhoon Dolphin injured six, left thousands without power in Okinawa BEIJING, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Typhoon Dolphin, the most ​powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall on the country's eastern coast on Sunday, bringing torrential rain ‌and strong winds and triggering warnings of flooding and landslides. The typhoon has already swept through Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/typhoon-dolphin-set-hit-chinas-east-coast-triggering-flood-warnings-2026-08-09/ Powered byROAR Online Publication Softwarefrom Lions Light Corporation© Copyright 2026

Typhoon Dolphin batters China's eastern coast and forces the evacuation of more than one million people - Between 250 and 500 mm of rain expected in Zhejiang - Shanghai has canceled more than 1,500 flights The Dolphin typhoon, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall on Sunday on the eastern coast of the country, in Zhejiang Province, bringing torrential rains and strong winds. Chinese authorities have issued a red alert, the highest level, and have ordered the relocation of tens of thousands of people. The typhoon had already traversed the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa in the south of the country, where it left six people injured and cut power to more than 50,000 buildings. It has now made landfall near Yuhuan, around 17:30 local time (11:30 Peninsula Time) on Sunday, according to Chinese meteorological authorities. The storm has shown sustained maximum winds of 42 meters per second (151 km/h) near its center at landfall, equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Authorities have relocated workers from maritime facilities to safe places, ordered boats back to port, and intensified inspections at reservoirs, mountain creeks, landslide-prone areas, construction sites, and tourist areas. The typhoon, which had crossed Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) on Friday, approaches a summer in China already marked by torrential rains, floods, landslides, and cyclones that have left dozens dead. Rainfall and flood risk Torrential rains are forecast through August 10 in Zhejiang, Shanghai, northern Fujian, northeastern Jiangxi, central and southern Anhui, and much of Jiangsu. Some central and eastern parts of Zhejiang could receive between 250 and 500 mm of rain, according to meteorologists. After landfall, Dolphin is expected to move westward before slowing over central and southwestern China and gradually weakening, according to the National Meteorological Center to state broadcaster CCTV. This could prolong heavy rains and raise the risk of floods and landslides, especially in mountainous areas and along small rivers. The Ministry of Water Resources has indicated that the Qiantang, Yong, Jiao, and Shuiyang rivers could experience significant flooding, while smaller rivers in the more affected areas could exceed alert levels. Yangshan Port in Shanghai cleared its docks and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter areas before Dolphin's arrival, according to the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration. Canceled flights and relocations Transportation has been broadly affected in the eastern part of the country, and more than one million people have been evacuated from their homes. In addition to evacuating at least 30,300 people, Shanghai has canceled more than 1,500 flights, according to VariFlight flight tracking data. In neighboring Zhejiang Province, the city of Wenzhou has relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters. In Fujian Province, authorities have evacuated 98,900 people from high-risk areas after raising the typhoon emergency response to level III. Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu also activated level III emergency responses. Fujian maritime authorities have reported the suspension of 55 coastal passenger ferry routes, the halting of 115 offshore construction projects, and the transfer of 290 construction vessels to protected waters. Other regional airports, such as Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Lishui, have also been affected, with some cases of full cancellations, and several segments of the national railway system have been suspended. Scientists note that global warming has made extreme weather events more likely, including more intense typhoons. Disaster risk In Zhejiang, with the highest alert level, it could be ordered to suspend outdoor group activities, classes, or even work and transportation, according to the information. In the face of heavy rains, monitoring teams have been deployed across affected areas to track flood and landslide risks. NMC chief forecaster Xu Yinglong has said Dolphin, the thirteenth typhoon of the year, could bring stronger winds and heavier rains than Bavi, which struck in July.

China’s most powerful typhoon of the year has forced the evacuation of over 1 million people and led to thousands of flight cancellations. Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in China’s eastern province on Sunday, triggering the nation’s highest-level red alert and forcing the evacuation of over 1 million people. Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds, lashing infrastructure and homes. In Shitang, a coastal town in Zhejiang province, rescuers have been searching for a nine-year-old boy who was swept away by a giant wave on Friday. Before hitting China, the typhoon also struck Okinawa, Japan, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings. China’s most powerful typhoon of the year has forced the evacuation of over 1 million people and led to thousands of flight cancellations. Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in China’s eastern province on Sunday, triggering the nation’s highest-level red alert and forcing the evacuation of over 1 million people. Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds, lashing infrastructure and homes. In Shitang, a coastal town in Zhejiang province, rescuers have been searching for a nine-year-old boy who was swept away by a giant wave on Friday. Before hitting China, the typhoon also struck Okinawa, Japan, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.

More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause flooding and landslides. Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, said it relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,500 emergency shelters. In neighbouring Fujian, 98,900 people were moved from high-risk areas. In Shanghai, 215,600 people were moved from areas considered at risk by Sunday evening, substantially higher than an earlier figure of 30,300. A weather station in central Shanghai recorded nearly 313mm of rain in the 24 hours to 7am on Monday, its highest 24-hour rainfall in more than 150 years of records. Another station in the city recorded nearly 400mm. The hashtag “Shanghai turns into the sea” began trending on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, as videos circulated showing streets flooded around the Wukang Mansion, one of the city’s best-known tourist landmarks. The average rainfall recorded across Zhejiang from Friday evening to Monday morning reached 173mm, reportedly surpassing the levels seen during previous major typhoons including Lekima and Bavi. Dolphin weakened rapidly to a tropical storm by 5am on Monday. But as the storm continued to move northwards and farther inland, heavy rain was forecast across large parts of eastern and central China, extending north into Shandong and affecting Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Authorities maintained an orange alert for heavy rain and warned that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides through Wednesday, urging people to stay indoors during the heavy downpours. Forecasters in China predicted some areas could see 200-400mm (7.9–15.7 inches) of rainfall over the coming days. The storm forced Shanghai’s two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. Public transport services, including many local trains, have been suspended in the financial hub. Zhejiang’s Ningbo international airport, about 150km south of Shanghai, will resume flight operations from midday (0400 GMT) on Monday. But the airport warned some journeys may yet be delayed or cancelled. Provincial capital Hangzhou resumed subway services on Monday morning, after halting some train operations on Sunday. Elsewhere, Dolphin fuelled intense heat over Hong Kong on Sunday, pushing the city to its highest ever temperature of 36.9C. The extremely hot weather was expected to continue into Tuesday, officials said. In Taiwan, ferry services were suspended and more than 180 flights were cancelled as the storm brought downpours and strong winds on Sunday. Dolphin earlier swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings. In the Philippines, the typhoon did not make landfall in the country’s north but intensified the seasonal monsoon rains, which flooded many areas of the main northern Luzon region, including around Manila. Scientists say global warming has made extreme weather more likely, including more powerful typhoons.

More than a million people were evacuated in eastern China as Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful storm to hit the country this year, came ashore over the weekend. The typhoon crossed the coast near the city of Yuhuan in Zhejiang province at about 5.30pm local time on Sunday with sustained winds near the centre of 150kmph, equivalent to a category one hurricane, before making a second landfall at Wenzhou about an hour later, the National Meteorological Centre said. Forecasters had issued a red alert, the highest of China’s four typhoon warning levels, but downgraded the system to a tropical storm on Monday morning. Several areas of central and eastern Zhejiang were forecast to receive between 250mm and 500mm of rain, close to a full year's rainfall in London at the upper end. Wenzhou, a city of nine million on the Zhejiang coast, moved more than 900,000 residents and opened over 1,000 emergency shelters. The nearby city of Taizhou evacuated some 390,000 people while Fujian province to the south moved 98,900 out of areas judged to be at risk, and Shanghai at least 30,300. Nearly 1,500 flights were cancelled at Shanghai's two main airports and a further 270 at Hangzhou. Train services in the region were suspended and the port of Yangshan cleared its berths and moved more than 500 smaller vessels into shelter. In Hangzhou, the Zhejiang capital, authorities waived parking charges across public spaces so drivers could move vehicles away from the wind and floodwaters, and closed the docks and sightseeing boats at West Lake, one of China's most visited sites, where trees were braced with props. Fujian's maritime authorities suspended 55 coastal ferry routes, halted all 115 offshore construction projects, and moved 290 construction vessels to sheltered water. The heaviest rain was moving north, with torrential downpours forecast through Wednesday across Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, and as far as Tianjin and Beijing. The water resources ministry warned that the Qiantang, Yong, Jiao, and Shuiyang rivers could flood badly and that smaller rivers in the worst-hit areas could rise above danger levels. People in parts of Zhejiang under a red warning for mountain torrents were told to follow local evacuation orders. Chinese officials reported no casualties, though several state media outlets said a nine-year-old boy from Wenling in Zhejiang was missing after being swept into the sea. Authorities, meanwhile, detained two people for spreading misinformation about the storm, according to state media. A 60-year-old man was accused of using AI to fabricate a video showing someone falling from a building in Shanghai while a 32-year-old was accused of re-editing footage posted by other users in a way officials deemed misleading. By Monday morning, the storm had already crossed Japan's southern islands, where it injured seven people in Okinawa and cut power to more than 50,000 buildings. Among those hurt was a man aged over 100 who was blown over by a gust and hit his head, according to the prefectural government. It also brought heavy rain to the Philippines and northern Taiwan. Dolphin’s arrival has pushed up temperatures hundreds of miles to the south. Air sinking on the outer edge of the system left Hong Kong reeling at 36.9C on Sunday, the highest temperature measured at the city observatory's headquarters since records began in 1884, above the previous record of 36.6C set in August 2017 days before Typhoon Hato struck. A station at Sheung Shui in the north of the territory reached 39.8C and the observatory expected the heat to hold until Tuesday. Dolphin travelled about 6,000km before reaching China, giving it a lifespan more than three times that of an average typhoon and an unusually large circulation, state broadcaster CCTV said. It hit two weeks after Typhoon Noul killed three people and damaged hundreds of homes in Guangdong in the south. Scientists say a warming climate is making the most powerful typhoons and the most extreme heat more likely.

Supported by Typhoon Dolphin Barrels Into China, Prompting Mass Evacuations The storm, which made landfall on Sunday evening, is the strongest to hit China this year and also caused flooding in parts of the Philippines. A powerful tropical cyclone buffeted China on Sunday evening, prompting the authorities to evacuate more than a million people on the country’s eastern coast and cancel hundreds of flights, as the storm continued its long path of destruction across the Pacific Ocean. After forming near the Marshall Islands last month and traveling what meteorologists said was an unusually long distance, Dolphin pummeled Okinawa, Japan, injuring six people and cutting power to thousands over the weekend. It made landfall on Sunday evening near Yuhuan, a city in Zhejiang Province on China’s southeastern coast. The storm had winds as strong as 94 miles per hour, or 151 kilometers per hour. More than 1,000 flights in Shanghai were canceled as the authorities warned that the eastern coast would continue to experience heavy rains this week. As residents wrangled umbrellas that were being flipped inside out by the powerful winds, the Shanghai Tower — the third-tallest building in the world — was stabilized by a mass damper, an ornate pendulum-like weight suspended on one of its upper floors, according the Chinese state broadcaster, CCTV. The storm also intensified monsoon rains in the Philippines, disrupting maritime transportation and causing some areas to flood. In some parts of Manila, residents waded through waist-deep waters, where some children also played, while others sheltered in emergency evacuation centers. The Philippine meteorological agency warned in a Monday advisory that certain regions could still get up to 200 millimeters, or about eight inches, of rain that day. “Numerous flooding events are likely, especially in areas that are urbanized, low lying, or near rivers,” the agency said. “Landslide likely in moderate to highly susceptible areas.” Dolphin, which takes its name from the Chinese white dolphins that live in Hong Kong’s waters, is one of three tropical storms currently active in the northwest Pacific. Joining it are Chan-hom (a type of sandalwood tree in Laos) and Peilou (a migratory bird in Macau). All three monikers were picked by an international typhoon committee that allows its 14 member countries to take turns naming storms.