In the middle of August 2026, the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin pressed deep into the heart of China, wringing from the sky what Beijing would normally receive across an entire year — compressed into a single day. More than eight thousand people were moved from harm's way, from elderly residents in care homes to tourists caught in mountain campsites, as provinces from Hebei to Henan raised their highest flood alerts. Scientists remind us that this is not misfortune alone: the intensifying storms are the climate's own reckoning, shaped by warming seas and the patterns of El Niño, arriving now wit
Beijing evacuates thousands as Typhoon Dolphin remnants unleash record rainfall
Over 8,000 people evacuated including elderly residents from care facilities and tourists; widespread displacement from mountainous and riverside areas at risk of flooding and landslides.