China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives

What the report says

Chinese authorities have evacuated more than one million people in eastern China, including parts of Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall and brought heavy rain, strong winds and transport disruption, according to BBC World News. The storm first struck Yuhuan in Zhejiang province on Sunday evening, later making a second landfall near Wenzhou, with officials saying it carried peak winds of about 150km/h before weakening to a tropical storm.

The BBC reported widespread disruption across the region, including nearly 1,000 flight cancellations in Shanghai and the suspension of some ferry routes and offshore work in Fujian. Several major tourist sites, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, were closed, while local authorities urged people to stay indoors. Flooding was reported in parts of Shanghai, and forecasters warned of continued torrential rain, flooding and possible landslides through midweek.

In Zhejiang, Wenzhou and Taizhou, officials said hundreds of thousands of residents were moved to shelters or evacuated, while Hangzhou waived parking fees for people seeking safer ground. The storm had earlier affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan’s Okinawa, and BBC’s article noted that Chinese state media also reported misinformation and AI-generated content circulating online. The situation matters because it highlights the scale of coastal evacuations and the wider risks from increasingly disruptive typhoon systems in the western Pacific.