Typhoon Dolphin slams eastern China, forcing 1M+ evacuations and mass flight cancellations

Over 1 million people evacuated from homes; six people injured in Japan; widespread transport disruption and displacement across multiple provinces.

On a Sunday evening in August, Typhoon Dolphin — the most powerful cyclone to reach China this year — made landfall along the eastern coast of Zhejiang province, carrying winds of 151 kilometers per hour and the accumulated force of a storm that had already wounded Japan's Okinawa. More than one million people were moved from their homes across multiple provinces, a vast human displacement that speaks to both the scale of the storm and the weight of living in an era when such events are becoming less exceptional and more expected. The storm is not merely a meteorological event but a reminder,

Typhoon Dolphin slams eastern China, forcing 1M+ evacuations and mass flight cancellations

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