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Red alert: Shanghai cancels 60% of flights as Typhoon Dolphin closes in

Red alert: Shanghai cancels 60% of flights as Typhoon Dolphin closes in
South China Morning Post Sunday 09 August 2026, 05:10 UTC By Carol Yang 1 min read
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Typhoon Dolphin is expected to make landfall along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces between Sunday night and Monday morning, prompting Shanghai to cancel nearly 60 per cent of flights to and from the metropolis on Sunday. China’s National Meteorological Centre issued a red alert for Typhoon Dolphin at 10am on Sunday, when the centre of the storm was over the southern East China Sea, about 215km (134 miles) east of Wenzhou, Zhejiang. The typhoon is projected to move towards the west...

Typhoon Dolphin is expected to make landfall along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces between Sunday night and Monday morning, prompting Shanghai to cancel nearly 60 per cent of flights to and from the metropolis on Sunday. China’s National Meteorological Centre issued a red alert for Typhoon Dolphin at 10am on Sunday, when the centre of the storm was over the southern East China Sea, about 215km (134 miles) east of Wenzhou, Zhejiang. The typhoon is projected to move towards the west and...
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