Typhoon Dolphin Hits Eastern China: Over 1 Million Evacuated as Flight Operations Face Massive Disruption

More than one million residents across eastern China have been evacuated to safety after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Zhejiang province packing sustained winds exceeding 150 km/h.The powerful storm—which struck Yuhuan before making a second landfall near Wenzhou—prompted national weather authorities to issue a top-level red alert, unleashing severe torrential rain, urban flooding, and landslide risks across Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shanghai.Transport networks suffered widespread disruption, resulting in the cancellation of nearly 1,400 flights at Shanghai’s major airport hubs, alongside hundreds of suspended train routes and regional ferry services.Local governments ordered offshore construction projects halted, recalled thousands of vessels to harbor, and shut down key tourist attractions while deploying emergency crews to monitor rising reservoirs and mountain streams.Although meteorological agencies downgraded Dolphin to a tropical storm as it tracked further inland, forecasters warned that heavy downpours and flood hazards will continue impacting central and eastern coastal provinces through midweek.