Typhoon Dolphin hits China's east coast, over 1 million evacuated

Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall on the ‌country's eastern coast on Sunday, bringing torrential rain and strong winds and triggering warnings of flooding and landslides.

Typhoon Dolphin has hit China’s eastern coast after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate

Rescuers continued searching on Sunday for a nine-year-old boy who has been missing since he was swept away by a giant wave in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. The incident, in the coastal town of Shitang, happened on Friday afternoon – a time when a typhoon warning was already in place as Typhoon Dolphin head

Typhoon Dolphin has already swept through Okinawa Prefecture, injuring six people and ​cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.

The storm is expected to hit the coast on Sunday evening and into Monday with sustained winds of up to 162km per hour before weakening and moving inland, China's National Meteorological Centre said.

Typhoon Dolphin set to hit China's east coast, triggering flood warnings  reuters.com

Japan · TRADE Key Facts —Okinawa impact: Typhoon Dolphin injured six people in Japan and cut power to more than 50,000 buildings, around 39,000 of them in Kagoshima and just over 12,000 in Okinawa. —Evacuations: Japanese authorities issued evacuation orders covering about 260,000 people across Kagoshima and Okinawa pre

Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan's Okinawa, China shuts ports ahead of landfall  Dawn

Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan's ​southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while China shut ports ‌and halted ferries ahead of the storm's expected arrival on its east coast.

Nearly 39,000 buildings were without power in Kagoshima while just over 12,000 were affected in Okinawa

Five elderly people have suffered non-life-threatening injuries, with three falling due to the wind in Japan.

A typhoon is lashing Japan's south, causing injuries and blackouts. It is now headed for China, where ports have been closed in preparation.

The Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued a sea warning for Typhoon Dolphin at 2:30pm yesterday, as the storm steadily moved toward the waters north of Taiwan, with heavy or extremely heavy rain expected over the weekend in the central mountains and the north.As of 5pm yesterday, Dolphin was about 680km east-nort

Typhoon Dolphin moved over Japan’s southern remote islands Friday, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and grounding all flights in and out of the island, while sending hundreds of people to take shelter at evacuation centres.

Typhoon Dolphin has moved over Japan’s southern remote islands, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and sending hundreds of people into evacuation centres.The typhoon was just north of the main island of Okinawa with maximum winds of 89mph as of Friday afternoon, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.Thre

TOKYO (AP) -- Typhoon Dolphin moved over Japan's southern remote islands Friday, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and grounding all flights

Airport closes in Okinawa as Typhoon Dolphin hits parts of southern Japan  Toronto Star