Shanghai cancels 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China’s eastern coast
China raised its highest typhoon warning as the storm forced mass evacuations and disrupted transport across the eastern coast.
- On Sunday, Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China's eastern coast, prompting the National Meteorological Centre to issue its highest-level red alert as the storm approached densely populated regions.
- Before reaching China, the storm lashed Japan's Okinawa prefecture and northern Taiwan on Saturday, injuring seven people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings in the region.
- Shanghai's two main airports cancelled nearly 1,400 flights on Sunday, while authorities relocated 390,000 residents in Taizhou and nearly 99,000 in Fujian from areas at higher risk.
- Officials suspended more than 200 ferry routes and train services across affected regions, as the NMC warned of "extraordinary torrential rain" and sustained winds up to 162 km/h.
- Post-Landfall, the storm is forecast to track westward while slowing over central and southwestern China, according to NMC chief forecaster Wang Haiping, with authorities monitoring for secondary flooding and landslide risks.
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The typhoon "Dolphin" causes heavy rain and flooding in eastern China. Whole roads are flooded, and air traffic in Shanghai is also severely affected.
In view of the typhoon "Dolphin", the authorities in eastern China have put more than a million people in safety.
Typhoon Dolphin caused heavy rainfall in eastern China on Monday. More than 1 million residents have been evacuated as a precaution. Authorities are warning of severe flooding and landslides due to extreme rainfall.
More than a million people have been evacuated from eastern China after powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall, with authorities fearing heavy rains could cause flooding and landslides, with several provinces opening hundreds of shelters.
More than a million people have been evacuated from the typhoon's path.
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