Overview
- The storm struck the east China coast near Yuhuan on Sunday, with the China National Meteorological Center reporting maximum winds above 150 km/h at landfall.
- Authorities ordered large-scale evacuations that local and state reports place between tens of thousands and more than one million people, including roughly 900,000 moved from Wenzhou into about 1,500 emergency shelters.
- Transport was hit hard before and after landfall, with roughly 1,400–1,500 flights canceled overall and hundreds still grounded Monday, including 943 cancellations in Shanghai as some rail and metro services remained suspended.
- The NMC downgraded the typhoon warning after landfall but kept red flood and landslide alerts in force as the system delivers torrential inland rain that threatens rivers, dams and urban drainage systems.
- Dolphin followed heavy regional storms this season: it earlier caused injuries and power outages in Okinawa and disrupted ferries and flights in northern Taiwan, and scientists warn warmer seas are increasing the risk of such extreme typhoons.