A weakening Typhoon Dolphin yesterday brought heavy rain and grounded hundreds of flights on in eastern China, where authorities said more than 1 million people had been evacuated over the past few days. The weather system has lost power after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang Province on Sunday, with China’s National Meteorological Center issuing its least severe typhoon alert yesterday morning. However, the center warned that parts of east and central China would continue to receive heavy rain for the next day.
People wade through a flooded street after Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to Shanghai, China, yesterday.
Authorities yesterday issued their most severe flash flood alert for parts of eastern and southern Zhejiang, state broadcaster CCTV said.Shanghai’s two main passenger airports saw 943 flights cancelled, the airport authority said in an online post. Public transport services, including many local trains, have been suspended.
However, some eastern Chinese cities started to restore transportation services.
A drone view shows a flooded village following heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Dolphin in Dajing Town in China’s Zhejiang Province yesterday.
