Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan's Okinawa, China shuts ports ahead of landfall
Officials said more than 390,000 people were evacuated in Zhejiang and 14,000 buildings lost power in Okinawa as the typhoon moved west.
- On Saturday, Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, injuring five people and cutting power to 14,000 buildings. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported the storm was moving northwest at 15 kph, roughly 160 km northwest of Kume Island.
- Ahead of the storm's expected arrival on China's east coast between late Sunday and early Monday, officials in Zhejiang province halted port operations and suspended 162 ferry routes. The forecast indicates winds of 38-45 metres per second.
- Regional travel faced significant disruptions as Taiwan cancelled 63 international flights, while ANA and Japan Airlines suspended services to the region. Ningbo Lishe International Airport in Zhejiang will halt operations late Saturday and suspend all flights on Sunday.
- Beijing ordered ships in the Taiwan Strait to follow traffic control instructions, measures Taipei denounced as "ridiculous." Taipei asserted that Beijing has no right to restrict access to international waters.
- Forecasters expect strong winds and heavy rain to affect eastern China through August 12, including parts of Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta. Some areas of eastern Zhejiang could receive more than 600 mm of rain.
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Dolphin, the phenomenon that reached the category of super typhoon, left severe damage to infrastructure in some parts of Japan and now goes to eastern China
Le Journal de Montreal
Typhoon Dolphin hit land in eastern China, where the storm caused the cancellation of more than 1500 flights and evacuations
Reforma
Tif n Dolphin hit the eastern coast of China after forcing more than 300,000 people to relocate and cancel 1,300 flights in Shanghai i.
Tens of thousands of people have been brought to safety and over 1500 flights have been cancelled.
Typhoon Dolphin Hits China’s East Coast, Over 1 Million Evacuated
BEIJING—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. Typhoon Dolphin made landfall near Yuhuan in eastern Zhejiang province…
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