Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, August 8, injuring five people and cutting power to 14,000 buildings. Authorities reported that five elderly people in Okinawa, three of whom fell due to strong winds, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while another person was injured in Kagoshima prefecture. Nearly 39,000 buildings were without power in Kagoshima, with just over 12,000 affected in Okinawa.

Domestic airlines ANA and Japan Airlines cancelled 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 affected in Japan.

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

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