Typhoon Dolphin battered Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, August 8, 2026, injuring five people and cutting power to approximately 14,000 buildings. Three of the injured elderly individuals fell due to strong winds, and another person was injured in Kagoshima prefecture, according to authorities. Nearly 39,000 buildings lost power in Kagoshima, with over 12,000 affected in Okinawa.

Domestic airlines ANA and Japan Airlines canceled flights to and from Okinawa. The typhoon recorded maximum sustained winds of 162 km/h, with gusts reaching 216 km/h. Okinawa and Amami Island in Kagoshima prefecture are the main areas expected to be impacted in Japan.

In China, where Typhoon Dolphin is forecasted to make landfall between late Sunday, August 9, and early Monday, August 10, authorities have classified it as an orange-category typhoon, the second-highest level. The storm is expected 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. Taiwan also canceled 78 international flights due to the typhoon, the government reported. Additionally, China has shut ports and halted ferries ahead of the storm's expected arrival on its east coast.

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