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Typhoon Dolphin soaks China's east, disrupts life in Shanghai

From The Straits Times · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Typhoon Dolphin brought torrential rain and storms to eastern China, flooding streets in Shanghai and disrupting flights.
  • The typhoon, with winds up to 151 km/h, made landfall in Zhejiang province before weakening and moving inland.
  • Authorities in Beijing prepared for heavy rain, with the storm system being unusually large and long-lasting.

Typhoon Dolphin has swept through eastern China, unleashing torrential rain and storms that have flooded streets in Shanghai and disrupted daily life. The coastal region, including Zhejiang province where the typhoon made landfall, experienced powerful winds and heavy downpours.

Many streets in the suburban Jiading and Qingpu districts around Shanghai's city centre remained waterlogged on Monday morning, according to live-streams shared by residents on social media.

— ResidentsDescribing the flooding in Shanghai.

Shanghai, China's second-most populous city, saw many streets in its suburban districts waterlogged. Residents shared live videos on social media showing knee-deep murky water. The city's two airports cancelled a significant number of flights, reducing capacity by nearly 40% due to the typhoon's impact.

In Zhejiang's Wenzhou, a truck was overturned by the strong winds and rain, as shown in a video posted on TikTok. The typhoon, described as the strongest to hit China this year, is expected to move further inland, bringing moisture to central provinces like Hubei and Henan. Authorities in the capital, Beijing, have raised warnings for torrential rain and are preparing their flood control response.

The strongest typhoon to hit China this year, Dolphin is forecast to move deeper inland to the central provinces of Hubei and Henan in the coming days while also pushing moisture north.

— ReportDetailing the typhoon's projected path and impact.

Officials noted that Dolphin had a remarkably long life cycle, traveling 6,000 km before landfall and carrying an exceptionally large cloud system. Its impact is being compared to Typhoon Doksuri in 2022, which caused widespread destruction and record rainfall in Beijing. As the storm moves north, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei are bracing for continued rains into Thursday.

The typhoon had already travelled 6,000 km (3,728 miles) before it made landfall, giving it a life-cycle three times longer than an ordinary typhoon, and bringing with it an ultra-large cloud system that enveloped China's east, CCTV said in another report.

— CCTVExplaining the unusual characteristics of Typhoon Dolphin.
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Originally published by The Straits Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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