Hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Dolphin hits China

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin's wake have inundated several provinces in China's east, cancelling of hundreds of flights.Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest to hit China this year, made landfall in Zhejiang, the province to the south and west of Shanghai, with maximum sustained winds of over 93mph near its centre. Although it has since become a tropical storm, on Monday, it continued to soak eastern provinces including Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong. Image: Typhoon damage in Wenzhou. Pic: AP Many streets in ‌Shanghai, the country's second most populous city, were flooded, including in the main commercial centres.The city's two airports cancelled a total of 943 flights due to the typhoon, reducing capacity by nearly 40%, state broadcaster CCTV said. Image: Workers moor a parked passenger aircraft the Xiaoshan International Airport. Pic: AP China Eastern Airlines said on Monday it was trying to resume flights to Shanghai, Zhejiang and other destinations in an "orderly manner".Many streets in Shanghai's suburban Jiading and Qingpu districts around the city centre remained waterlogged, according to live streams shared by residents on social media. Hou Lina, a 39-year-old who wo...