Powerful Typhoon Dolphin hits China, prompting flood and landslide warnings

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 10, 2026 · 198 words · By AFP; AP; Reuters

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In Pictures Powerful Typhoon Dolphin hits China, prompting flood and landslide warnings Typhoon Dolphin struck eastern China, affecting millions with strong winds, heavy rain, and massive waves.

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What happened

In Pictures Powerful Typhoon Dolphin hits China, prompting flood and landslide warnings Typhoon Dolphin struck eastern China, affecting millions with strong winds, heavy rain, and massive waves.

Why it matters

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China’s eastern coast on Sunday evening, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and large waves after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and Shanghai airports cancelled more than 1,300 flights.

Common ground

The typhoon struck Taizhou in Zhejiang province and northern parts of neighbouring Fujian, with winds estimated at 151km/h (93mph) at landfall.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Five people were rescued, while seven were missing after a landslide struck three houses in Baguio”

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Claim 2: “Ferries and cruises in Zhejiang were suspended”

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Al Jazeera reports that ferries and cruises in Zhejiang were suspended. Other sources mention ferry suspensions in Shanghai, but not specifically cruises in Zhejiang.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zhejiang has also suspended or postponed 23 cultural and tourism events across the province in response to the typhoon.Ferry services in Shanghai were suspended at 1:58 pm on Saturday due to Typhoon D…
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1367786.shtml

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web search NEUTRAL — Ferries and cruises in Zhejiang were suspended, while Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports cancelled about 60 percent of scheduled flights.Five elderly people have suffered non-life-threatening inj…
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/8/10/powerful-typhoon…

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web search NEUTRAL — At least six people were injured, and many flights and ferry services were canceled or suspended due to bad weather. The impact of Typhoon Dolphin also caused unusual weather phenomena in the Hong Kon…
https://www.vietnam.vn/en/bao-dolphin-do-bo-trung-quoc-hang-…

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Claim 3: “Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports cancelled about 60 percent of scheduled flights”

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The cancellation of approximately 60% of scheduled flights at Hongqiao and Pudong airports is reported by both The Hindu and a web search result citing flight data.

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web search NEUTRAL — In Shanghai, Hongqiao and Pudong international airports canceled approximately 1,300 flights on August 9th, equivalent to about 60% of scheduled flights.
https://www.vietnam.vn/en/bao-dolphin-do-bo-trung-quoc-hang-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Of the planned cancellations, 871 were at Pudong and 513 at Hongqiao. Hangzhou airport in nearby Zhejiang Province canceled another 270 arrivals and departures, mainly those scheduled after midday, br…
https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/6069650-typhoon-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Informational Guide to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). Find all the information you need to know about Arrivals, departures, maps, car rentals, terminals, facilities, transportation, magl…
https://www.shanghai-airport.com/

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Claim 4: “Shanghai airports cancelled more than 1,300 flights”

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The claim that more than 1,300 flights were cancelled at Shanghai airports is reported by The Hindu and Flipboard.

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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 — 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 5: “Authorities evacuated about 390,000 people in Taizhou”

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The evacuation of approximately 390,000 people in Taizhou is independently reported by BBC News, The Hindu, and Al Jazeera.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Walled City of Taizhou Fu (Chinese: 台州府城) stands as a cultural preservation area and tourist attraction in Linhai, Zhejiang, China. Serving as the prefectural seat of Taizhou from 591 to 1993, it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_City_of_Taizhou_Fu

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luqiao District (simplified Chinese: 路桥区; traditional Chinese: 路橋區; pinyin: Lùqiáo Qū; Tai-chow dialect: Lu-giao K'ü) is a district of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. The dis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luqiao,_Taizhou

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jiaojiang District (Tai-chow dialect: Tsiao-kông K'ü; simplified Chinese: 椒江区; traditional Chinese: 椒江區; pinyin: Jiāojiāng Qū) is a district and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in Zhe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaojiang,_Taizhou

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Claim 6: “The typhoon struck Taizhou in Zhejiang province and northern parts of neighbouring Fujian”

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While Al Jazeera mentions the typhoon struck Taizhou in Zhejiang and northern Fujian, the other provided web search results for this specific claim are generic Wikipedia pages about typhoons or aircraft and do not provide corroboration.

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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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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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Claim 7: “Dolphin’s outer bands had brought heavy rain to northern Taiwan, including Taipei, on Saturday”

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The impact of outer bands bringing heavy rain to northern Taiwan and Taipei on Saturday is independently reported by Al Jazeera, Focus Taiwan, and The Independent.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dolphin’s outer bands had brought heavy rain to northern Taiwan, including Taipei, on Saturday, prompting some airlines to cancel China-bound services. In the Philippines, the typhoon intensified seas…
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/8/10/powerful-typhoon…

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web search NEUTRAL — Typhoon Dolphin's outer bands swept across northern Taiwan Saturday, toppling trees and collapsing scaffolding in Taipei and New Taipei, with a woman slightly injured by a fallen fence at a constructi…
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202608080014

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web search NEUTRAL — Taiwan: Typhoon Dolphin’s Strong Winds Halt Scooter Rider, Topple Bike in New Taipei.The outer bands of the storm hit northern Taiwan, including the capital Taipei, on Saturday. Some Taiwanese airline…
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/shanghai-cancels-1-…

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Claim 8: “Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China’s eastern coast on Sunday evening”

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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera, CGTN, and Flipboard, confirm that Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China's eastern coast on Sunday evening.

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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 9: “winds estimated at 151km/h (93mph) at landfall”

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The specific wind speed of 151km/h (93mph) at landfall is mentioned by Al Jazeera, but other sources provided do not specify this exact figure.

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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 — 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 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 10: “more than 30,000 from vulnerable areas of Shanghai [were evacuated]”

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The provided evidence mentions over a million people evacuated across eastern China and 283,000 in Shanghai for a different storm (Typhoon Co-May), but does not specifically confirm the '30,000 from vulnerable areas of Shanghai' for Typhoon Dolphin.

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web search NEUTRAL — More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause flooding and landslides.In neigh…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/10/typhoon-dolphi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nearly 283,000 residents have been evacuated from vulnerable areas in and around Shanghai as Typhoon Co-May approaches with torrential rains and powerful winds.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/double-whammy-in-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — More than a million people are evacuated from vulnerable areas in Shanghai and Zhejiang. Flights are cancelled, businesses shut and streets inundated. As the storm weakens inland, authorities in Jiang…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-QPRmnDhc

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Claim 11: “In the Philippines, the typhoon intensified seasonal monsoon rains, triggering flooding and landslides across northern Luzon”

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Al Jazeera reports that the typhoon intensified monsoon rains in the Philippines causing flooding and landslides in northern Luzon. Other provided evidence for this claim consists of generic Wikipedia entries on typhoons.

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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/

info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.