Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, August 10, 2026, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport services.
The storm lost strength after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang province on Sunday, prompting China's National Meteorological Centre (NMC) to issue its least severe typhoon alert on Monday morning. However, the NMC warned that parts of east and central China would continue to experience heavy rain for the following day.
Authorities issued their most severe flash flood alert for parts of eastern and southern Zhejiang, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Shanghai's two main passenger airports reported 943 flight cancellations, and public transport services, including many local trains, were suspended in the financial hub. Zhejiang's Ningbo International Airport planned to resume flight operations from midday (12pm Singapore time) but cautioned that some journeys might still face delays or cancellations as the typhoon's effects had "not yet completely dissipated."
In contrast, the provincial capital Hangzhou reinstated subway services on Monday morning after halting some train operations on Sunday.
Typhoon Dolphin had triggered a top-level alert over the weekend, causing over 1,000 flight cancellations and prompting tens of thousands of evacuations. This event came just two weeks after Typhoon Noul struck southern Guangdong province, which authorities had described as the strongest storm to hit China this year.
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