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Typhoon Dolphin Triggers Floods, Halts Flights, Ports

8/12/2026

Summary

Typhoon Dolphin Floods

Typhoon Dolphin dumped 150 mm of rain in 24 hours on Beijing, one-third of its annual total.
Beijing districts activated flood responses while Ministry of Water Resources launched a level-4 response.
Mentougou issued a flood alert, telling residents to stay indoors, avoiding mountains.
The National Meteorological Center renewed an orange alert forecasting 250 mm of rain in Hubei, issuing yellow warnings for Xiangyang and Huanggang and moving over one million people to shelters.

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Shanghai Airports Cancel

Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong airports canceled 900 flights on Monday, cutting capacity 40 % after 1,300 cancellations the day before, prompting China Eastern to plan a resumption.
Insurers opened compensation procedures, receiving 5,271 claims in Shanghai with estimated losses of 94.8 million yuan (12.2 million euros).
Ningbo-Zhoushan and Shanghai ports suspended operations while Ningbo airport resumed flights at midday.
Winds at Taiwan’s Port of Keelung toppled several containers, though no casualties were reported.

History

Historical Context

In summer 1998, record rain of up to 1,000 mm flooded the Yangtze, Nen, Songhua and Pearl rivers, killing about 3,700 people. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Water Resources spent ¥30 billion on emergency dikes and launched flood-control reforms. Typhoon Dolphin’s 2024 floods in Beijing and Shanghai echo those 1998 disruptions.

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Typhoon Dolphin Floods

Typhoon Dolphin dumped 150 mm of rain in 24 hours on Beijing, one-third of its annual total.
Beijing districts activated flood responses while Ministry of Water Resources launched a level-4 response.
Mentougou issued a flood alert, telling residents to stay indoors, avoiding mountains.
The National Meteorological Center renewed an orange alert forecasting 250 mm of rain in Hubei, issuing yellow warnings for Xiangyang and Huanggang and moving over one million people to shelters.

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