Each year, the sea reminds coastal civilizations of the terms under which they inhabit the land. Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike China in 2026, made landfall near Yuhuan in Zhejiang province on Sunday with winds of 151 kilometers per hour, compelling more than one million people to leave their homes in one of the country's largest peacetime evacuations. The storm, which had already passed through Okinawa injuring six, now tracks westward into the interior — weakening, but carrying enough rain to threaten rivers, slopes, and the lives of millions who live between t
Over 1M evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin batters China's east coast
Over one million people evacuated from homes; six people injured in Japan; widespread transport disruption affecting thousands of travelers; risk of casualties from flooding and landslides in mountainous regions.