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Typhoon Dolphin disrupts flights and rail services in eastern China
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China issued its highest-level red alert as Typhoon Dolphin approached the country’s eastern coast, bringing widespread disruption to flights, rail services and port operations, the South China Morning Post reported.
Key facts
- The storm was centred over the southern East China Sea at 10am on Sunday (August 9, 2026), about 215 kilometres east of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.
- The fourth storm to make landfall in China since July 3 was expected to bring 40% more rain than Typhoon Bavi in the previous month.
- Shanghai suspended 1,384 inbound and outbound flights, including 871 at Shanghai Pudong International Airport and 513 at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport cancelled another 270 flights, while trains serving Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Anhui and Jiangxi were temporarily halted on Sunday and Monday.
Summary
The storm was centred over the southern East China Sea at 10am on Sunday (August 9, 2026), about 215 kilometres east of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.
Li Guoying, China’s Minister of Water Resources, estimated that it would be the strongest typhoon to strike the country this year.