Typhoon Dolphin forces Shanghai to cancel over 1,300 flights and triggers mass evacuations

Typhoon Dolphin struck the eastern coast of China on Sunday evening, delivering winds estimated at 151 kph and prompting severe rain forecasts of 200-400 millimetres. Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong airports canceled more than 1,300 flights, roughly 60% of the day's schedule, after over 300,000 people were urged to relocate. Zhejiang authorities evacuated around 390,000 residents in Taizhou and suspended ferry and cruise operations, while Shanghai moved over 30,000 inhabitants from high-risk areas.

The storm's outer bands had earlier drenched northern Taiwan, leading some airlines to cancel flights to China, and it amplified monsoon rains in the Philippines, triggering a landslide in Baguio that left five rescued and seven missing. Flooding across northern Luzon displaced more than 12,000 people and forced school closures in several northern cities. Officials warned of heightened flood and landslide dangers as the typhoon continued its advance.