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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Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China's eastern coast with wind speeds of 151 km/h, bringing heavy rain to several areas. Authorities have evacuated more than 1 million people and warned of the risk of flooding and landslides.
Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China, hundreds of flights canceled
Typhoon Dolphin roared into eastern China Sunday at Force 13 speeds of 85 miles per hour, producing extreme downpours and prompting the cancelation of hundreds of flights, official media reported.
Shafaq News - Beijing: Chinese meteorological authorities announced on Sunday that Typhoon Dolphin had made landfall in the densely populated eastern part of the country, after causing the cancellation of more than a thousand flights, evacuations, and raising warning levels to their highest point. Business and transportation activities were disrupted in several areas along the typhoon's path, as China's eastern coast had been preparing for the s…
The east coast of China, densely populated, is preparing for the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin. The phenomenon has led to the cancellation of more than 1,500 flights, evacuations and the triggering of a maximum level alert by the authorities. - China in maximum alert against the powerful Typhoon Dolphin, thousands of flights cancelled (Weather and Weather).
Nearly 1,400 flights to and from Shanghai's two major passenger airports were cancelled on Sunday, reported CCTV public channel.
Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to make landfall in China this year, hit the country's east coast today, bringing heavy rains and strong winds and forcing authorities to evacuate more than a million people.
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