Typhoon Dolphin leaves thousands without power in Japan, heads towards China
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- Typhoon Dolphin struck Japan's Okinawa on Saturday with 162 kph sustained winds and 216 kph gusts, injuring six people — five elderly in Okinawa, one in Kagoshima — none with life-threatening injuries
- Nearly 39,000 buildings in Kagoshima and over 12,000 in Okinawa lost power, while ANA and Japan Airlines cancelled flights to and from Okinawa
- China designated Dolphin an orange-category typhoon (second-highest level) and raised its emergency response to Level III, expecting landfall between Zhoushan in Zhejiang and Fuding in Fujian late Sunday to early Monday
- Parts of eastern Zhejiang could receive more than 600 mm of rain, prompting authorities to halt port operations, suspend ferries, recall fishing boats, and issue a red-level wave warning forecasting 5-to-8-metre waves
- Ningbo Lishe International Airport will suspend all Sunday flights, Shanghai's Yangshan port was cleared of vessels by late Friday, and some Yangtze River Delta rail services halt from Sunday
- Taiwan cancelled 78 mostly international flights as heavy rain hit the north, while Taipei rejected Beijing's Taiwan Strait traffic control order as 'ridiculous,' asserting no right to restrict international waters
Why it matters: Dolphin's projected path puts China's busiest port and manufacturing corridor — the Yangtze River Delta, including Shanghai's Yangshan port — directly in the storm's crosshairs, threatening shipping, rail, and aviation disruption while Zhejiang braces for 600+ mm of rain and red-level wave warnings.
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