Overview
- Dolphin made landfall on Sunday in Taizhou, Zhejiang, with agencies and reporters estimating landfall winds near 151 km/h and the storm moving west toward Zhejiang and Fujian.
- Authorities issued a red alert and carried out large relocations, with state media reporting about 99,000 people moved in Fujian and plans for roughly 103,000 in coastal Shanghai while Reuters said more than one million people were evacuated nationwide.
- Air and maritime travel were hit hard as Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports canceled roughly 1,300–1,400 flights (about 60% of schedules) and regional ferry services and fishing boats were ordered back to port.
- The National Meteorological Center warned of 'extremely torrential' rain of 250–500 mm in parts of Zhejiang, raising acute flood and landslide risk and prompting deployment of search, rescue and monitoring teams.
- Outer bands and monsoon enhancement caused spillover damage in Taiwan and the Philippines, with hundreds of incidents and injuries reported in Taiwan and landslides and thousands displaced in Luzón, including missing people after a Baguio slide.