Shanghai cancels 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China’s eastern coast
Authorities relocated more than 300,000 people and issued top-level alerts as the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to eastern China.
- Typhoon Dolphin weakened after making landfall in Shanghai on August 9, losing power following two landfalls along the Zhejiang coast, prompting China's National Meteorological Centre to issue its least severe typhoon alert on August 10.
- Over the weekend, Typhoon Dolphin triggered a top-level alert, prompting over 1,000 flight cancellations and tens of thousands of evacuations as the storm approached populated coastal regions.
- Shanghai's two main passenger airports saw 943 flights cancelled, while public transport services were suspended in the financial hub; Hangzhou resumed subway services Monday morning after halting operations Sunday.
- Authorities issued severe flash flood alerts for parts of Zhejiang, state broadcaster CCTV said, and Ningbo international airport resumed operations but warned effects have "not yet completely dissipated."
- Northern China faces extreme weather with five districts in Beijing issuing red alerts for heavy rain and landslide risks, while Typhoon Maysak killed 39 people last month and Typhoon Noul struck Guangdong province earlier this year.
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Tropical cyclone leaves unprecedented rainfall in more than a century and a half of weather records in Shanghai
A typhoon brings heavy rains and floods to China's densely populated east. Far over 1000 flights were cancelled, more than a million people had to leave their homes.
The authorities triggered the highest level of sudden flood alert in eastern and southern Zhejiang province on Monday, although the tropical storm lost its intensity after touching land along the Zhejiang province's coasts.
After having hit twice the coasts of Zhejiang province on Sunday, Typhoon Dolphin loses its intensity. However, heavy rains must continue to hit several areas of east and center of the country until Tuesday
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.
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