Typhoon Dolphin injures five in Okinawa, shuts China ports and schools ahead of landfall
Typhoon Dolphin struck Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on Saturday, injuring five elderly people and cutting power to 14,000 buildings, as authorities in eastern China shut ports, schools and tourist sites ahead of the storm’s expected landfall.
The Okinawan prefectural government reported that three of the injured had fallen due to strong winds, with all five suffering non-life-threatening injuries. The typhoon also disrupted air travel, with domestic carriers ANA and Japan Airlines canceling flights to the region. Taiwan canceled 63 international flights, while China suspended ferry services and halted operations at Ningbo’s international airport, with all flights grounded until Sunday.
As of 12 noon local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Dolphin was about 160 km northwest of Kume Island in Okinawa, moving northwest at 15 kph with maximum sustained winds of 162 kph and gusts up to 216 kph. The storm, which formed as a tropical depression on July 26, had strengthened into a very strong typhoon by July 28 before reaching Okinawa and Amami Island in Kagoshima Prefecture .
Chinese authorities declared a level-three emergency response, the second-lowest level, as the typhoon approached the eastern coast. The China National Meteorological Centre forecast landfall between Zhoushan in Zhejiang province and Fuding in Fujian province late Sunday or early Monday, with heavy rain and winds expected to affect Shanghai and neighboring provinces through August 12. Some areas of eastern Zhejiang could receive over 600 mm of rain .
Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a travel advisory for citizens in or traveling to Japan, warning of severe weather in Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands through August 12. The advisory urged Romanians to follow local authorities’ instructions and verify flight statuses, providing emergency contact numbers for consular assistance .
The typhoon’s arrival follows a record-breaking heatwave in East Asia, which officials linked to the deaths of three lions at a Japanese zoo and over 20 people in South Korea .
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