Typhoon Dolphin sweeps through China flooding key roads and disrupting travel

Beijing declared its second-highest rainstorm warning, suspending 250 bus routes and shutting 150 tourist attractions, while 10 subway lines ran at reduced speed

The world's second-largest economy is increasingly battling destructive weather that scientists link to climate change, especially this year, as an emerging El Niño pattern boosts temperatures and fuels more frequent and intense typhoons

Rain pounds Beijing as Typhoon Dolphin sweeps through China  Reuters

Cars drive through a partially flooded street after flash flooding caused by heavy rain in the wake of Typhoon Dolphin, in Beijing's Changping district, China, on Aug 12, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov) 12 Aug 2026 03:01PM (Updated: 12 Aug 2026 03:02PM) BEIJING: China's strongest typhoon this year lashed wide swa

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin's wake have swept through several provinces in China's east, drenching the coastal region and flooding streets in Shanghai, China's second most populated city after Chongqing.

The weakening Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and grounded hundreds of flights on Monday in eastern China, where authorities said more than a million people have been evacuated over the past few days.

Many streets in Shanghai, the country's second most populated city, were flooded, including in the main commercial centers.

BEIJING (AFP) -- Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport. The weather system has lost power after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang province on Sunday, with China's National Me

Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport.Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east ChinaThe weather system has lost power after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang pr