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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Taifun Dolphin hit China with extraordinary violence. Storm brought heavy rains and disrupted transport. Also, wind gusts reached huge speeds. Only in Shanghai have nearly a thousand flights been cancelled. Chinese authorities have already evacuated over a million people and have taken steps to protect coastal areas, ports and infrastructure.
Typhoon Dolphin Paralyzes Shanghai: Flights Grounded Amid Historic Flooding
SHANGHAI, China – Typhoon Dolphin brought daily life to a grinding halt in Shanghai on Monday, August 10, 2026, as torrential rain turned busy streets into rivers. The severe weather flooded roads and major commercial districts, forcing the city’s two main airports to cancel 943 flights. This massive wave of cancellations reduced Shanghai’s combined aviation […] The post Typhoon Dolphin Paralyzes Shanghai: Flights Grounded Amid Historic Flooding…
Typhoon Dolphin Slams Eastern China, Forcing More Than 1 Million to Evacuate
The powerful storm made two landfalls in Zhejiang within little more than an hour, flooding communities and disrupting travel before turning north with heavy rains that battered Beijing, Shanghai, and its surrounding regions
The Chinese authorities evacuated more than a million people from their homes in eastern China, including Shanghai, following the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin. According to the weather authorities, the cyclone reached a maximum wind speed of 150 km/h (94 mph) when it first fell on Yuhuan, in Zhejiang province, [...] The China article, alert for Typhoon Dolphin: evacuated over a million people comes from The Daily Fact.
Windstorms up to 150 km/h, several injured. Blocked all transport in Zhejiang province
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