Typhoon Dolphin Weakens, But Heavy Rain, Flood Alerts Disrupt China; 1,000+ Flights Cancelled

Edited
by:
Elizabeth
Schumache

Heavy
ai fall
a d
st o g
wi ds
p ompted
flood
ale ts
a d
mo e
tha
1,000
flight
ca cellatio s
ac oss
Chi a
o
Mo day,
eve
as
Typhoo
Dolphi
weake ed.

Chi a’s
Natio al
Meteo ological
Ce t e
(NMC)
issued
its
least
seve e
typhoo
ale t
o
Mo day
mo i g
as
the
sto m
lost
powe
afte
maki g
la dfall
i
Chi a’s
Zhejia g
P ovi ce
o
Su day.

Despite
the
weake
sto m,
the
NMC
wa ed
that
pa ts
of
east
a d
ce t al
Chi a
will
co ti ue
to
eceive
heavy
ai fall.
Autho ities
issued
thei
most
seve e
flash
flood
ale t
fo
pa ts
of
easte
a d
southe
Zhejia g
o
Mo day,
state
ews
b oadcaste
CCTV
epo ted.

Five
dist icts
i
Beiji g
a e
also
u de
ed
ale ts
fo
heavy
ai fall
o
Mo day,
with
isks
of
la dslides
a d
floodi g.

The
sto m
had
al eady
fo ced
ove
300,000
people
i
easte
Chi a
to
p eemptively
elocate,
while
b i gi g
heavy
ai fall
to
o the
Taiwa
ove
the
weeke d.
I
Sha ghai,
autho ities
evacuated
mo e
tha
30,000
people
out
of
high- isk
a eas.
Ove all,
some
o e
millio
people
have
bee
told
to
seek
shelte .

Typhoo
Dolphi
dis upts
t a spo t
i
Sha ghai

Sha ghai’s
two
mai
passe ge
ai po ts,
Pudo g
I te atio al
Ai po t
a d
Ho gqiao
I te atio al
Ai po t,
ca celed
943
flights
betwee
them
fo
Mo day,
the
ai po t
autho ity
said
i
a
post
o li e.
That’s
a
eductio
of
capacity
by
ea ly
40%.

O
Su day,
the
two
ai po ts
had
ca celled
ea ly
1,500
flights,
o
about
60%
of
thei
scheduled
t avel,
acco di g
to
state
media.

Public
t a spo t
se vices
i
the
city
we e
also
impacted,
with
seve al
local
t ai s
suspe ded.

At
the
same
time,
Zhejia g
p ovi ce
bega
to
esume
its
t a spo t
facilities.

Zhejia g’s
Ni gbo
I te atio al
Ai po t
will
esume
flights
midday
o
Mo day
but
wa ed
that
some
of
the
scheduled
t avel
may
still
be
delayed
o
ca celed
as
the
sto m
had
” ot
yet
completely
dissipated.”

Chi a
is
deali g
with
Typhoo
Dolphi
just
two
weeks
afte
Typhoo
Noul
st uck
its
southe
Gua gdo g
p ovi ce.
Last
mo th,
Typhoo
Maysak
killed
11
people
a d
i ju ed
ove
300
i
the
ce t al
Hubei
p ovi ce.

Ext eme
weathe
systems
a e
a
commo
featu e
i
Chi a
this
time
of
the
yea ,
with
typhoo s
leavi g
sig ifica t
displaceme t,
i f ast uctu al
damage
a d
loss
of
lives.
Scie tists
wa
that
the
i te sity
a d
f eque cy
of
such
ext eme
weathe
have
i c eased
a d
will
co ti ue
to
ise
amid
climate
cha ge.

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