Typhoon Dolphin Hits Eastern China, Forcing 1 Million Evacuations as 1,500 Shanghai Flights Are Canceled
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Updated · NBC News · Aug 9
Typhoon Dolphin Hits Eastern China, Forcing 1 Million Evacuations as 1,500 Shanghai Flights Are Canceled
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 9
Summary
More than 1 million people were evacuated across eastern China after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall near Yuhuan in Zhejiang at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
42-metre-per-second winds and forecast rain of 9.8 to 19.7 inches in parts of Zhejiang prompted warnings of flooding, landslides and dangerous rises on several rivers.
Shanghai evacuated at least 30,300 people and canceled about 1,500 flights, while Yangshan port moved 500-plus small and medium-sized vessels to shelter.
Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened 1,000-plus shelters, while Fujian evacuated 98,900 people, suspended 55 ferry routes and halted all 115 offshore construction projects.
Dolphin, the strongest tropical cyclone to hit China this year, is expected to move west and slow over central and southwestern China, prolonging heavy rain as warming temperatures intensify extreme weather.