Typhoon Dolphin hit Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, August 8, 2026, injuring five elderly people and cutting power to approximately 14,000 buildings. Three of the injured in Okinawa fell due to strong winds, and another person was injured in Kagoshima prefecture, where nearly 39,000 buildings lost power. Okinawa experienced power outages affecting just over 12,000 buildings.

Domestic airlines ANA and Japan Airlines cancelled flights to and from Okinawa. The typhoon recorded maximum sustained winds of 162 km/h with gusts up to 216 km/h. Okinawa and Amami island in Kagoshima prefecture are the main areas impacted in Japan.

In China, authorities have designated Typhoon Dolphin as an orange-category typhoon, the second-highest level, as it is expected to make landfall between late Sunday, August 9, and early Monday, August 10, 2026. The storm is forecasted to make landfall between Zhoushan city in Zhejiang province and Fuding city in Fujian province, bringing winds of 38 to 45 meters per second near its center, according to China's National Meteorological Center.

Ningbo Lishe International Airport in Zhejiang announced it will suspend all flights on Sunday, August 9. Additionally, Taiwan cancelled 78 international flights due to the typhoon.

Authorities in China have also shut ports and halted ferries ahead of the storm's arrival on the east coast.

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