August 11, 2026Typhoon Dolphin, the most ​powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall on the country’s eastern coast on Sunday, bringing torrential rain ‌and strong winds and triggering warnings of flooding and landslides, reports Reuters. Transport was widely disrupted across the ​east of the country and more than one million people were evacuated from their homes. In Shanghai alone, in addition to evacuating at least 30,300 people, the city ​has cancelled about 1,500 flights, according to flight-tracking data provider VariFlight. Shanghai’s ​Yangshan port cleared ships from its berths and moved more than 500 small and medium-sized vessels to shelter ahead of Dolphin, the city’s maritime safety administration said. Fujian maritime authorities said 55 coastal passenger ferry routes had been suspended, ​all 115 offshore ⁠construction projects halted and 290 construction vessels moved to sheltered waters.