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Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 507 words · By Guardian staff reporter
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What to know about Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year

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

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What happened

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

Why it matters

The storm has already swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.

Common ground

Dolphin made landfall near Yuhuan in Zhejiang province at about 5:30pm (0930 GMT) on Sunday, China’s meteorological authorities said.

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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: “Shanghai’s Yangshan port had cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter as Dolphin approached, the city’s maritime safety administration said.”
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Both France24 and Al Jazeera confirm that Yangshan port cleared berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Shanghai's Yangshan port cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260809-flight-can…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Shanghai’s Yangshan port also cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/9/flight-cancellations…
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Claim 2: “Fujian maritime authorities said 55 coastal passenger ferry routes had been suspended, all 115 offshore construction projects halted and 290 construction vessels moved to sheltered waters.”
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Both France24 and Al Jazeera report the exact figures: 55 ferry routes suspended, 115 offshore projects halted, and 290 construction vessels moved to shelter.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Fujian maritime authorities said 55 coastal passenger ferry routes had been suspended, all 115 offshore construction projects halted and 290 construction vessels moved to sheltered waters.
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260809-flight-can…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Fujian maritime authorities suspended 55 coastal passenger ferry routes, halted 115 offshore construction projects and moved 290 construction vessels to sheltered waters.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/9/flight-cancellations…
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Claim 3: “Transport was widely disrupted across the east of the country and more than a million people were evacuated from their homes.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'over' and an advertisement for Overleaf, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about evacuations in China.
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web search NEUTRAL — Over 25 million users at research institutions and businesses worldwide love Overleaf Explore Overleaf for business and universities
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · The meaning of OVER is across a barrier or intervening space; specifically : across the goal line in football. How to use over in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over
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web search NEUTRAL — We use over as a preposition and an adverb to refer to something at a higher position than something else, sometimes involving movement from one side to another: …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/over
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Claim 4: “In neighbouring Zhejiang province, the city of Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters.”
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The Guardian reports that Wenzhou relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,500 emergency shelters, whereas the claim states more than 1,000 shelters. While the number of people matches, the shelter count differs slightly, and other sources only mention fishing boats.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, said it relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,500 emergency shelters. In neighbouring Fujian, 98,900 people were moved from high-risk …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/10/typhoon-dolphi…
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 1,000 fishing boats take shelter at Ruoshan Fishing Port in Wenling, East China's Zhejiang Province, on August 5, 2026, as Typhoon Dolphin approaches.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1367786.shtml
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web search NEUTRAL — Wenzhou is a city in Zhejiang Province. Wenzhou is not on many China tour itineraries and despite being a Chinese cultural hotspot, it is not the most foreigner friendly of cities.Type: City with 9,30…
https://mapcarta.com/Wenzhou
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Claim 5: “Dolphin made landfall near Yuhuan in Zhejiang province at about 5:30pm (0930 GMT) on Sunday, China’s meteorological authorities said.”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about typhoons and the Eurofighter Typhoon, but contains no specific data regarding the landfall location (Yuhuan) or time (0930 GMT).
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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.m.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.m.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 6: “Scientists say global warming has made extreme weather more likely, including more powerful typhoons.”
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Claim 7: “The storm has already swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Hindu and other web search results, confirm that Typhoon Dolphin hit Okinawa, injuring six people and cutting power to over 50,000 buildings.
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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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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 8: “In Fujian province, authorities evacuated 98,900 people from high-risk areas, according to Xinhua.”
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Two independent news organizations, France24 and Al Jazeera, confirm that 98,900 people were evacuated from high-risk areas in Fujian province.
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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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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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Claim 9: “It brought maximum sustained winds of 94mph (151 km/h) near its centre at landfall, equivalent to a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.”
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Three independent web sources (The Guardian and others) confirm the maximum sustained winds of 94mph (151 km/h) and the Category 1 hurricane equivalence.
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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…
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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 — 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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Claim 10: “Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, has made landfall on the country’s east coast”
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The claim states Typhoon Dolphin was the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year. However, web search evidence explicitly states that Typhoon Sinlaku (2026) was the 'strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in 2026'.
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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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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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Claim 11: “In addition to evacuating at least 30,300 people, Shanghai has cancelled about 1,500 flights, according to the flight-tracking data provider VariFlight.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the evacuation of at least 30,300 people in Shanghai and the cancellation of approximately 1,500 flights (with some sources citing 1,400 or 1,300, but the specific figure of 1,500 is cited by one source as per VariFlight data).
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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 — 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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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.