Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China in August 2026, causing flooding and heavy downpours. But a video circulating online is not linked to the storm; the footage was actually filmed during Typhoon Bavi, which struck the same region a month earlier. “Real-time track of Typhoon Dolphin: A repeat of the Doksuri disaster? The northern…
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 China The weather system has lost power after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang province on Sunday, with China’s…
More than a million people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern China including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on Sunday evening. It packed maximum wind speeds of 150km/h (94mph) when it first slammed into Yuhuan in the Zhejiang province at 17:30 (09:30 GMT) before making a second landfall in the city of…
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. 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…
Dozens of outbound flights from Hong Kong to Taiwan, mainland China and Japan originally scheduled for later this week have been cancelled due to Super Typhoon Bavi, with some local carriers offering special arrangements for affected passengers. A South China Morning Post check found that more than 40 flights – operated by Cathay Pacific Airways,…
This photo taken on June 6, 2026 shows individual investors seen at a securities firm in the complex of Hong Kong’s West Kowloon rail station. (Tommy WANG) Soon after disembarking at Hong Kong’s train station, Chinese private investor Feng was opening a stock trading account at a nearby brokerage, hoping to evade tighter restrictions on…
Police in eastern China’s Zhejiang province have detained Yu Faxiang, the chairman of Hong Kong-listed Haichang Ocean Park, as authorities investigate alleged mismanagement following defaults on multibillion-yuan wealth products issued by a firm under his control. It is the latest crackdown on mainland China’s shadow banking system, continuing years of government efforts to clean up…