Hundreds more flights are canceled as Tropical Storm Dolphin causes flooding in eastern China
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Tropical Storm Dolphin has dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding after making landfall as a typhoon. Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports canceled more than 900 flights, and Shanghai suspended some of its metro lines.
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Eastern China braces for Typhoon Dolphin, shutting schools and tourist activities
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Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China, hundreds of flights canceled
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Hundreds more flights are canceled as Tropical Storm Dolphin causes flooding in eastern China
According to a report from Reuters, hundreds of thousands of people across southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon Dolphin closed in, bringing the threat of violent winds, torrential rain, and dangerous high waves.
Authorities in eastern China are shutting schools and tourist sites as Typhoon Dolphin heads for the coast. The storm is moving toward land on Saturday with maximum sustained winds of about 162 kilometers per hour. It is expected to bring…
TOKYO / BEIJING >> Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture today, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports and halted ferries ahead of the storm’s expected arrival on its east coast.
BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai’s two airports canceled more than 1,300 flights and authorities relocated some 300,000 people in surrounding regions as China prepared for Typhoon Dolphin, after the storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan.
China's densely populated eastern coast was preparing Sunday for the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin, which has triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert from authorities.
China's National Meteorological Centre on Sunday issued a red typhoon alert, its most severe warning, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Yuhuan in the southeastern Zhejiang province. Flights in and out of China's densely populated eastern coast were cancelled and nearly 100,000 people were relocate…
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert.
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.
Typhoon Dolphin has hit China’s eastern coast after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate. The storm made landfall Sunday evening, impacting Taizhou in Zhejiang province and northern Fujian province. It brought strong winds and massive waves, creating a risk…
Tropical cyclone brings torrential rain and high winds to east coast after hitting Japan’s southern Okinawa province Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, has made landfall on the country’s east coast, bringing torrential rain and strong winds and triggering wa…
BEIJING — Typhoon Dolphin hit China’s eastern coast Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai’s two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan the day before.
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.
Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause …
BEIJING (AP) — Tropical Storm Dolphin dumped heavy rain in eastern China on Monday, causing flooding in places after making landfall as a typhoon the previous day. Authorities have warned of risks of severe flooding and landslides in some areas.
Even as it weakens, Typhoon Dolphin is disrupting life in China. Close to 1,500 flights have been canceled in Shanghai while parts of Beijing are under flood alert.
Typhoon Dolphin is the 13th typhoon recorded in China this year, after sweeping through Japan’s Okinawa and intensifying monsoon rains in the Philippines. Scientists warn that a warming planet is making extreme weather events, including powerful typhoons, more frequent and intense.
