Tropical Storm Dolphin batters eastern China with heavy rain, strong winds

Dolphin is forecast to move deeper inland to the central provinces of Hubei and Henan in ⁠the coming days.Published On 10 Aug 202610 Aug 2026Tropical Storm Dolphin has swept through eastern China, bringing torrential rain and storms as authorities warned of severe flooding and landslides.Dolphin came ashore late on Sunday as a typhoon in Yuhuan, Zhejiang province, with maximum sustained winds of 151 kilometres per hour (94mph), having triggered China’s highest weather alert.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Typhoon Dolphin hurtles towards Japan: Tracker, updates and what to expectlist 2 of 3Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan, heads towards Chinalist 3 of 3Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China, more than one million evacuatedend of listThe National Meteorological Center (NMC) activated a “red alert – the highest level in the country’s typhoon warning system” as Dolphin approached, according to an official statement on the Chinese government’s website, as more than a million people were evacuated from their homes.By Monday, the typhoon had weakened into a tropical storm as it moved inland and lost energy, and continued to soak the eastern provinces including Anhui, Jiangsu and Shand...