Typhoon Dolphin Hits Eastern China Prompting Mass Evacuations and Record Rainfall
15 sources across 12 countries · 1 of them is linked to a state
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- Der Spiegel
- Deutsche Welle
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- ANSA
- Corriere della Sera
- CNN Brasil
- El Espectador
- France 24
- Hong Kong Free Press
- The Indian Express
- Al Jazeera
- The Korea Herald
- El Pais
- Reuters
- CNN
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Typhoon Dolphin struck the eastern coast of China on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of over one million people and causing widespread transport disruptions. The storm made landfall in the Zhejiang province, specifically hitting Yuhuan and Wenzhou with maximum sustained winds of approximately 150 to 151 kilometers per hour. While the National Meteorological Centre downgraded the alert to a tropical storm on Monday, authorities warned that heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides would remain a threat through Wednesday as the system moved toward central and northern China, including Beijing. In Shanghai, a weather station recorded 312.9 millimeters of rain in 24 hours, which represents the highest volume in over 150 years of records. Transport was severely impacted, with reports indicating that between 943 and 1,400 flights were cancelled at Shanghai's Pudong and Hongqiao airports. In Zhejiang, Wenzhou relocated over 900,000 residents and Taizhou evacuated approximately 390,000 people. A nine year old boy from Wenling is reported missing after being swept away by floods. Before reaching China, the storm caused fatalities and evacuations in the Philippines and Japan. Chinese authorities also reported the arrest of two individuals for spreading disinformation via social media, including one man who allegedly used artificial intelligence to create a fake video of the storm's impact. Some reports note that this event follows a series of other typhoons and extreme weather events in China this year, which scientists attribute to climate change.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- These outlets emphasized the scale of human displacement and the broader context of climate change and environmental impact.
- Centre
- These outlets focused on the meteorological facts, the definition of a typhoon, and the immediate logistical disruptions.
- Centre-right
- These outlets highlighted the record breaking nature of the rainfall and the specific details of the economic and transport paralysis.
Sources
- Centre ANSA: Shanghai flooded due to typhoon Dolphin, nearly one thousand flights cancelled
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: Powerful Typhoon Dolphin hits China, prompting flood and landslide warnings
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know
- Centre-left CNN: 9 year-old boy swept into sea as Typhoon Dolphin slams Eastern China
- Centre CNN Brasil: Understand what a typhoon is, a phenomenon increasingly recurrent in Asia
- Centre-right Corriere della Sera: Typhoon Dolphin arrives in China: one million people evacuated, one child is missing
- Centre-left Der Spiegel: China: Video shows force of Typhoon Dolphin
- Centre Deutsche Welle: China: Typhoon Dolphin prompts mass evacuation, canceled flights
- Centre-left El Espectador: Typhoon Dolphin: more than 1.6 million evacuated in China after record rains in Shanghai
- Centre-left El Pais: Typhoon 'Dolphin' forces the evacuation of more than a million people in China
- Centre France 24: China: Typhoon Dolphin hits the country's east coast
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Typhoon in East China: Strongest rain in 150 years
- Centre-left Hong Kong Free Press: Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China
- Centre Reuters: Storms from Dolphin soak China's east, ground nearly 950 Shanghai flights - Reuters
- Centre The Indian Express: Typhoon Dolphin strikes eastern China, forces evacuation of over a million people
- Centre-right The Korea Herald: Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China
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