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Shanghai cancels flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China's eastern coast
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China's eastern coast, particularly impacting Taizhou in Zhejiang province and northern Fujian, bringing strong winds up to 151 kph (93 mph) and heavy rains that threaten severe flooding and landslides.
- Over 300,000 people were evacuated in China, including 390,000 in Taizhou and more than 30,000 in Shanghai, where both Hongqiao and Pudong airports canceled about 60% of flights due to the storm.
- The storm's outer bands caused heavy rains in northern Taiwan, including Taipei, prompting some Taiwanese airlines to cancel flights to China.
- In the Philippines, Typhoon Dolphin intensified monsoon rains that caused flooding and landslides, including a deadly landslide in Baguio city that left five people rescued and seven missing, while over 12,000 people were displaced in northern Luzon.
- Prior to Dolphin, a tropical storm caused at least six deaths in the Philippines due to landslides and rockslides, highlighting the ongoing severe weather challenges in the region.
