Typhoon Dolphin slammed into China's eastern seaboard with 93-mph winds, flooding streets in Shanghai and forcing the evacuation of more than 400,000 people, and the storm system is still pushing inland. Dolphin made landfall Sunday evening in Taizhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, carrying maximum sustained winds of 151 kilometers per hour. It weakened […] The post Typhoon Dolphin floods Shanghai streets as China's strongest storm of 2026 batters eastern coast appeared first on American Almanac .
Typhoon Dolphin slammed into China's eastern seaboard with 93-mph winds, flooding streets in Shanghai and forcing the evacuation of more than 400,000 people, and the storm system is still pushing inland. Dolphin made landfall Sunday evening in Taizhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, carrying maximum sustained winds of 151 kilometers per hour. It weakened to a tropical storm after hitting shore, but its massive rain bands kept hammering the region into Monday morning. Shanghai, China's second most populated city, took a direct hit from the storm's outer reach, with streets in the suburban Jiading and Qingpu districts still waterlogged hours after the worst of the wind passed. Unverified live-stream videos shared by residents on…Open
Tropical Storm Dolphin dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding in some areas after making landfall as a typhoon the previous day. According to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration, Dolphin had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. #typhoon #severeweather #china #tropicalstorm
Typhoon Dolphin barreled over Japan's southern islands on Friday, closing Okinawa's main airport and driving 240 people into evacuation shelters, while residents on the mainland scrambled to protect homes already damaged by last week's earthquake. Naha Airport, the primary air hub on Okinawa Island, shut down Friday as the storm moved through, and authorities canceled […] The post Typhoon Dolphin shuts down Okinawa's main airport, forces hundreds into shelters appeared first on American Almanac .
Typhoon Dolphin barreled over Japan's southern islands on Friday, closing Okinawa's main airport and driving 240 people into evacuation shelters, while residents on the mainland scrambled to protect homes already damaged by last week's earthquake. Naha Airport, the primary air hub on Okinawa Island, shut down Friday as the storm moved through, and authorities canceled every domestic and international flight in and out of the facility. The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the typhoon just north of Okinawa's main island by Friday afternoon, packing maximum sustained winds of 89 miles per hour, strong enough to ground all air traffic and send residents indoors, NBC News reported . Three men in their 70s sustained minor injuries. Okinawa…Open
Typhoon Dolphin puts military bases on Okinawa at highest alert as residents stock up, fill sandbags and prepare for high winds, flooding, power outages.
