Due to this natural disaster, officials declared the highest level of danger, more than a thousand flights were canceled, and evacuations of residents were initiated.
The state broadcaster CCTV reported that nearly 1,400 flights were canceled on Sunday at Shanghai’s two main passenger airports.
In the nearby Zhejiang province, 270 arriving and departing flights were canceled at Hangzhou airport, the report said.
Typhoon “Dolphin,” which has brought heavy rain and winds to Okinawa, Japan, in recent days, is expected to make landfall late Sunday or early Monday morning in Zhejiang or neighboring Fujian province.
According to Okinawa government data, seven island residents suffered minor injuries, including a man over 100 years old who was knocked to the ground by a gust of wind and hit his head.
On Sunday afternoon, 5,290 households in Okinawa were left without electricity, according to the regional electric grid company Okinawa Electric Power.
In Taiwan, heavy rains and strong winds brought by the storm to the northern part of the island on Sunday caused the suspension of dozens of ferry services and the cancellation of more than 180 flights.
China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a red typhoon warning—the strictest alert—on Sunday morning. It is forecasted that some parts of central and eastern Zhejiang will experience “exceptionally heavy rain.”
According to the NMC, heavy precipitation is expected in Shanghai and parts of Fujian, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces by Monday afternoon.
It is forecasted that after making landfall, typhoon “Dolphin” will weaken as it moves northwest over eastern China.
The state news agency Xinhua reported that nearly 99,000 people were evacuated from “risk zones” in Fujian on Saturday evening as the storm approached.
According to Xinhua, more than 200 ferry routes were suspended in Zhejiang and Fujian.
The agency added that offshore work was halted, and by Friday morning, 474 construction vessels were returned to ports.
State media reported that to ensure passenger safety, some train services were also suspended on Sunday in the affected areas.
Typhoon “Dolphin” reached China two weeks after typhoon “Noul” devastated southern Guangdong province, which officials then described as the strongest storm in China this year.
Before reaching China, typhoon “Noul” claimed three lives and damaged hundreds of homes in the Philippines.
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