Typhoon Dolphin

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Posting Date: August 10, 2026, 2:00:00 PM

Typhoon Dolphin made two landfalls in Zhejiang province in China on Sunday evening — first near Yuhuan in Taizhou City around 5:30 p.m. local time, followed by a second landfall at Yueqing City in Wenzhou about an hour later. It came ashore with maximum sustained winds of about 151 km/h (93 mph), equivalent to a Saffir-Simpson Category 1 hurricane. Before reaching China, the storm had already swept through Japan's Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, and it also brought strong winds and heavy rain to northern Taiwan, injuring six people and downing hundreds of trees in Taipei.

ALERT™ subscribers can download similar stochastic event (SSE) IDs for Typhoon Dolphin’s impacts in China from the Downloads tab of this posting on the ALERT website. Compatible with Touchstone® and Touchstone Re™, the SSEs were selected based on the event’s track, minimum central pressure, estimated winds, forward speed, and landfall angle. They should only be used with exposures in China.

In China, the storm triggered massive disruption and precautionary evacuations. More than 1 million people were evacuated from their homes, with over 300,000 relocated preemptively before landfall. Travel was hit hard: Shanghai alone canceled about 1,500 flights, and by Monday roughly 40% of Shanghai's flights were still grounded, with 943 flights canceled across its two airports as torrential rain flooded streets in the city's main commercial centers and continued soaking eastern provinces including Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong. Fujian's maritime authorities suspended 55 coastal ferry routes, halted 115 offshore construction projects, and moved 290 construction vessels to shelter, while Shanghai's Yangshan port relocated more than 500 vessels. Forecasters warn the danger isn't over — Dolphin is expected to push further inland toward Hubei and Henan while sending moisture north to Beijing, which is bracing for heavy rain and possible flash floods and landslides from Tuesday through Thursday, as the storm's slower inland movement threatens to prolong flooding and landslide risks, particularly in mountainous areas and along smaller rivers.

No additional ALERT postings are planned for this event.  Please contact your Verisk representative with any questions.

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Posting Date: August 10, 2026, 2:00:00 PM

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