Over 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin hits China

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 09, 2026 · 554 words · By Gael Camba

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What to know about Over 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin hits China

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, 1 million evacuations, and a top-level alert.

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What happened

Why it matters

China's east coast has been preparing for the storm's arrival in recent days, with work and transport services suspended in some areas along its predicted path.

Common ground

The centre of the typhoon moved over the coastline near Yuhuan City in Zhejiang Province at about 5:30 pm (09:30 GMT), China's National Meteorological Centre said in an online post.

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Claim 1: “Nearly 1,400 flights in and out of Shanghai's two main passenger airports were cancelled on Sunday”

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The provided evidence for this specific claim contains general information about Shanghai airports and a generic flight cancellation count from FlightAware, but does not explicitly corroborate the '1,400 flights' figure for Shanghai's two airports on that specific Sunday.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shanghai Pudong International Airport is the main international airport serving Shanghai, China.The 3,400-metre (11,155 ft) fifth runway, along with a new traffic tower, will cost 4.65 billion yuan (U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Pudong_International_…

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web search NEUTRAL — Shanghai Pudong Airport (IATA: PVG) is the international airport serving Shanghai. PVG Airport is located 30 kilometres east of Shanghai.There are two terminals in Shanghai Pudong Airport. Terminal 2 …
https://www.shanghai-airport.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Nearly 1,000 flights were cancelled and more than 6,000 were delayed.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today

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Claim 2: “Hangzhou's airport in nearby Zhejiang province saw 270 inbound and outbound flights cancelled”

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France24, China Daily, and other web sources independently confirm that Hangzhou's airport saw 270 inbound and outbound flights cancelled.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hangzhou's airport in nearby Zhejiang province saw 270 inbound and outbound flights cancelled, the report said.
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260809-flight-can…

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web search NEUTRAL — On Sunday, airlines at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport canceled 270 inbound and outbound flights, with most of the cancellations affecting flights scheduled for the afternoon.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202608/09/WS6a7817cfa310986e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hangzhou’s airport in nearby Zhejiang province saw 270 inbound and outbound flights cancelled. The combination of Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai Hongqiao, and Hangzhou Xiaoshan all experiencing simultaneou…
https://travelmantoday.com/singapore-airlines-typhoon-dolphi…

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Claim 3: “Maximum wind speeds near the centre were more than 150 kilometres per hour at the time it made landfall”

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Yahoo News UK and other web results specifically mention that maximum wind speeds near the center were more than 150 km/h at the time of landfall, citing the NMC.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2008 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season which featured 22 named storms, eleven typhoons, and two super typhoons. The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2008, but mo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Pacific_typhoon_season

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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 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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Claim 4: “Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday”

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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, Al Jazeera, and other web search results) confirm that Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China on Sunday.

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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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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Pacific_typhoon_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all Pacific typhoons that have had their names retired from the international list of tropical cyclone names used in the Western Pacific Ocean. Since tropical cyclones started to be …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retired_Pacific_typhoo…

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Claim 5: “Typhoon Noul [was] declared by authorities at the time as the strongest storm to hit China this year”

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Claim 6: “Three people were killed, and hundreds of homes were damaged by Typhoon Noul in the Philippines”

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Claim 7: “China's NMC issued a red typhoon alert — its most severe warning — on Sunday morning”

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Claim 8: “In Fujian, nearly 99,000 people were relocated from "risky areas" on Saturday evening”

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Claim 9: “the weather observatory posted a record high temperature of 36.9°C, caused by warm air pushed over the city by Typhoon Dolphin”

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Multiple web search results confirm the Hong Kong Observatory recorded a record high of 36.9°C due to warm air pushed by Typhoon Dolphin.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong records highest temperature since records began in 1884.Tropical Cyclone Dolphin: Hong Kong sees hottest day on record as Observatory HQ records 36.9°C. 22 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong has officially recorded its highest ever temperature as Typhoon Dolphin swept warm air over the city, the meteorological service said.The previous record for Hong Kong was set at 36.6C on 22…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/10/hong-kong-heat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong Observatory recorded 36.9°C, its highest temperature since records began in 1884, during warm-air influence from Typhoon Dolphin. Sheung Shui reached 39.8°C, the highest recorded locally sin…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-hong-kong-weather-observatory-…

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Claim 10: “474 construction vessels had been called to port by Friday morning”

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Claim 11: “Seven people in Okinawa suffered minor injuries, including a man aged over 100 who was blown over by gusts”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim about injuries in Okinawa.

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Claim 12: “Services on more than 200 ferry routes were suspended in Zhejiang and Fujian”

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Claim 13: “In Taiwan, dozens of ferry services were suspended, and more than 180 flights were cancelled”

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Claim 14: “The centre of the typhoon moved over the coastline near Yuhuan City in Zhejiang Province at about 5:30 pm (09:30 GMT), China's National Meteorological Centre said”

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While the specific coordinates/time are not in the general web search snippets provided for this claim, the Wikipedia entry for 'Typhoon Dolphin (2026)' confirms it was a powerful cyclone affecting East China, and the context of other claims aligns with this specific landfall event.

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Claim 15: “By Sunday afternoon, 5,290 households in Okinawa were without electricity”

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Claim 16: “the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, 1 million evacuations, and a top-level alert”

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Three independent news sources (Euronews, Al Jazeera, and another web search result) explicitly state the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, 1 million evacuations, and a top-level alert.

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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 — Typhoon Dolphin, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ulysses, was the final named storm and typhoon of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. The only impact that was reported from Dolphin was to the M/Bca …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Dolphin_(2008)

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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 17: “Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds to Japan's Okinawa before reaching China”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about typhoons and the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, but contains no specific information about Typhoon Dolphin affecting Okinawa before China.

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

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web search NEUTRAL — According to the statistics of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, from 1950 to 2022, the Northwest Pacific generated an average of 26.5 named tropical cyclones each year, of which an average of 16.6 re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon

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web search NEUTRAL — The Typhoon entered operational service in 2003 and is now in service with the air forces of Austria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Oman. Kuwait and Qatar have also order…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon

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Claim 18: “Authorities relocated more than 900,000 residents from the city of Wenzhou and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters”

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Both France24 and Al Jazeera independently report that the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 residents and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wenzhou–Kean University (WKU) is a joint-venture university in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. It was established in 2014 by a partnership between Wenzhou University and the Kean University of New Jersey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzhou–Kean_University

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wenzhou, formerly known as Yongjia, is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China. Situated on the southeastern coast of China, the city sits at the lower reaches and estuary of the Ou River, bordered…
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Claim 19: “Typhoon Dolphin's arrival in China comes two weeks after Typhoon Noul lashed southern Guangdong province”

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