One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 10, 2026 · 1324 words · By Sarah Shamim

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What to know about One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know

One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know Hundreds of flights have been grounded in China due to weather conditions caused by Dolphin.

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What happened

One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know Hundreds of flights have been grounded in China due to weather conditions caused by Dolphin.

Why it matters

China evacuates a million from homes as Typhoon Dolphin arrives Provinces in eastern China have been inundated with heavy rain and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest storm to make landfall in China this year.

Common ground

Dolphin struck eastern China, including Shanghai, with winds up to 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour), forcing more than one million people to evacuate their homes.

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Claim 1: “Shanghai’s Yangshan port also cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter before the storm.”

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Claim 2: “About 1,400 flights have been cancelled from Shanghai.”

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The figure of 1,400 cancelled flights from Shanghai is reported by Al Jazeera, but no other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates this specific number.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · The meaning of APPROXIMATELY is in an approximate manner —used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximation. How to use approximately in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approximately

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web search NEUTRAL — APPROXIMATELY definition: 1. close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time: 2. close to a…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/approxim…

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web search NEUTRAL — Define approximately. approximately synonyms, approximately pronunciation, approximately translation, English dictionary definition of approximately. adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate t…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/approximately

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Claim 3: “Last month, Typhoon Bavi also made landfall in Zhejiang, causing the evacuation of 1.7 million people.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries for 'Typhoon' and 'Eurofighter Typhoon', and a general tracker home page. No evidence confirms Typhoon Bavi's landfall in Zhejiang or the evacuation of 1.7 million people.

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web search NEUTRAL — Typhoon Sinlaku (2026) approaching Guam with maximum sustained winds. It was the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in 2026. [1][2] A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon

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web search NEUTRAL — The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. [3][4] The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter [5] and is m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon

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web search NEUTRAL — Track active typhoons, view live alert maps, and get real-time warnings from Typhoon Tracker — the authoritative public-safety resource for the Asia-Pacific region.
https://typhoonmap.com/

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Claim 4: “Provinces in eastern China have been inundated with heavy rain and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest storm to make landfall in China this year.”

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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Typhoon Dolphin was the strongest storm to make landfall in China this year.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The name Dolphin has been used for four tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Hong Kong and refers to the Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis), a mascot …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_storms_named_Dolphin

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2026, although most tropical cyclones typ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_typhoon_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Dolphin was a powerful tropical cyclone that produced the first typhoon-force winds on Guam since Typhoon Pongsona in 2002. The seventh named storm of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season, Dolphin …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Dolphin_(2015)

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Claim 5: “In Fujian province, about 98,900 people were evacuated from high-risk areas after authorities raised the typhoon emergency response to Level III”

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The evacuation of 98,900 people in Fujian and the Level III emergency response are confirmed by Al Jazeera and France24.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In Fujian province, about 98,900 people were evacuated from high-risk areas after authorities raised their typhoon emergency response to Level III
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/9/flight-cancellations…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In Fujian province, authorities evacuated 98,900 people from high-risk areas after raising the typhoon emergency response to Level III
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260809-flight-can…

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Claim 6: “The typhoon battered the outer Japanese Ogasawara Islands, also called the Bonin Islands... with strong winds on August 4.”

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Claim 7: “The monsoon rains followed a tropical storm that killed at least six people last week, including four people killed in a landslide and rockslide in the provinces of Benguet and Rizal”

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Claim 8: “The outer bands of Dolphin brought heavy rain to northern Taiwan, including the capital, Taipei, from Saturday. Dozens of ferry services were suspended, and more than 180 flights were cancelled”

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Claim 9: “The typhoon made landfall in Yuhuan in China’s Zhejiang province about 5:30pm (09:30 GMT) on Sunday”

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The specific landfall location (Yuhuan, Zhejiang), time (5:30pm/09:30 GMT), and day (Sunday) are confirmed by both web search results and Wikipedia (Typhoon Dolphin 2026).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Bavi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Inday, was an extremely powerful, large, and long-lived tropical cyclone that affected the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Philippines, Chin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Bavi_(2026)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Dolphin was a powerful, large and very long-lived tropical cyclone that affected East China. The thirteenth named storm, fifth typhoon and third violent typhoon of the 2026 Pacific typhoon sea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Dolphin_(2026)

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Claim 10: “About 40 percent of flights in Shanghai were grounded on Monday due to the weather.”

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The claim is supported by a single cross-reference from CNBC; other provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of 'approximately'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walt Disney World Resort (commonly known as Walt Disney World or Disney World) is an entertainment and vacation resort complex located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Orlando, Florida, United Stat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wuhan is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of 13,861,900, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the seventh-most-populous city in China. It is also one of China's nine national centra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan

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Claim 11: “Fujian maritime authorities suspended 55 coastal passenger ferry routes, halted 115 offshore construction projects and moved 290 construction vessels to sheltered waters.”

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Claim 12: “Dolphin then swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture over the weekend, injuring at least six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.”

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Claim 13: “Flooding also affected large parts of the main northern island of Luzon... displacing more than 12,000 people”

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Claim 14: “Hundreds of flights have been grounded in China due to weather conditions caused by Dolphin.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Typhoon Dolphin grounded hundreds of flights as it approached eastern China.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Pacific typhoon season was the first of a series of four below average Pacific typhoon seasons, and became the first with below-average tropical cyclone activity since 2014, with 23 named sto…
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Claim 15: “Dolphin originally grew out of a tropical depression on July 26, moving at 45km/h (30mph) over the open waters of the Central Pacific Ocean”

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Claim 16: “Shanghai evacuated at least 30,300 people while, in neighbouring Zhejiang province, the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters.”

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The specific numbers for Shanghai (30,300) and Wenzhou (900,000 residents, 1,000 shelters) are reported across multiple independent web search results, including Al Jazeera.

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web search NEUTRAL — In Zhejiang’s Wenzhou alone, authorities relocated some 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters.
https://cdm.press/news/asia/2026/08/10/typhoon-dolphin-smash…

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web search NEUTRAL — Shanghai evacuated at least 30,300 people and cancelled about 1,400 flights. In neighbouring Zhejiang province, the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 eme…
https://island.lk/who-declares-mpox-global-health-emergency/

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web search NEUTRAL — Shanghai evacuated at least 30,300 people while, in neighbouring Zhejiang province, the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/10/one-million-evacuat…

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Claim 17: “Authorities also evacuated about 390,000 people in the Zhejiang city of Taizhou before Saturday evening.”

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The evacuation of 390,000 people in Taizhou by Saturday evening is confirmed by two independent news sources: Al Jazeera and The Hindu.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Authorities had also evacuated about 390,000 people in the Zhejiang city of Taizhou by Saturday evening.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/9/flight-cancellations…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — On Saturday evening, authorities in Zhejiang evacuated some 390,000 people in the city of Taizhou.
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Claim 18: “Dolphin struck eastern China, including Shanghai, with winds up to 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour), forcing more than one million people to evacuate their homes.”

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Al Jazeera and other web search results confirm the storm hit eastern China, caused over one million evacuations, and brought hurricane-force winds.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2015 Pacific typhoon season was a very active typhoon season that produced twenty-seven tropical storms (including two that crossed over from the Eastern/Central Pacific), eighteen typhoons, and n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Rananim, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Karen, was the strongest typhoon to make landfall on the Chinese province of Zhejiang since Typhoon Wanda in 1956. It formed on August 6, 2004, int…
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Claim 19: “The typhoon has been named after Hong Kong’s Chinese white dolphins.”

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Claim 20: “Dolphin was Hong Kong’s contribution [to the WMO's lists of names].”

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Claim 21: “As it came ashore in China on Monday, the storm packed maximum sustained winds of 151km/h (93mph) near its centre”

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Claim 22: “burgeoning into a typhoon and then a very strong typhoon on July 28.”

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Claim 23: “Five people were rescued and seven were still missing after a landslide struck three houses in the northern mountain resort city of Baguio on Sunday”

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