Shanghai cancels 1,300 flights as China prepares for Typhoon Dolphin

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · Aug 09, 2026 · 209 words · By Authors; Contributors

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What to know about Shanghai cancels 1,300 flights as China prepares for Typhoon Dolphin

Shanghai's two airports cancelled more than 1,300 flights and authorities relocated some 300,000 people in surrounding regions as China prepared for Typhoon Dolphin, after the storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan.

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What happened

Why it matters

The outer bands of the storm on Saturday (August 8, 2026) hit northern Taiwan, including the capital Taipei, bringing rain.

Common ground

Some Taiwanese airlines also cancelled their flights to China on Sunday (August 9).

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan”

CORROBORATED

Both Al Jazeera and Focus Taiwan report that Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain/outer bands to northern Taiwan.

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web search NEUTRAL — According to the statistics of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, from 1950 to 2022, the Northwest Pacific generated an average of 26.5 named tropical cyclones each year, of which an average of 16.6 re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon

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web search NEUTRAL — The Typhoon entered operational service in 2003 and is now in service with the air forces of Austria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Oman. Kuwait and Qatar have also order…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon

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web search NEUTRAL — Track active typhoons, view live alert maps, and get real-time warnings — the authoritative public-safety resource for the Asia-Pacific region.
https://typhoonmap.com/

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Claim 2: “On Saturday evening, authorities in Zhejiang evacuated some 390,000 people in the city of Taizhou.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the evacuation of 390,000 people in Taizhou, Zhejiang.

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Claim 3: “Some Taiwanese airlines also cancelled their flights to China on Sunday (August 9).”

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Only Al Jazeera mentions that the rain in Taiwan prompted some airlines to cancel China-bound services; other sources do not specify the date or the specific action of Taiwanese airlines.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis (traditional Chinese: 第四次臺海危機; simplified Chinese: 第四次台海危机) is an ongoing conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan, officially the Republic of C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War, the remnants of the government of the Republic of China (ROC), alongside many refugees, retreated to the island of Taiwan (Formosa) beginning on Decemb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_the_government_of_t…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan

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Claim 4: “Authorities in Shanghai evacuated some 30,000 plus from riskier areas.”

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Claim 5: “is expected to hit Zhejiang province and northern parts of neighbouring Fujian province late on Sunday.”

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Only the 'Today In Your Neighborhood' source mentions the expectation that the storm would hit Zhejiang and northern Fujian province.

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web search NEUTRAL — Track active typhoons, view live alert maps, and get real-time warnings — the authoritative public-safety resource for the Asia-Pacific region.
https://typhoonmap.com/

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Claim 6: “Shanghai's two airports cancelled more than 1,300 flights”

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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian and English News in Levels) explicitly state that Shanghai's two airports cancelled more than 1,300 flights.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2015 Pacific typhoon season was a very active typhoon season that produced twenty-seven tropical storms (including two that crossed over from the Eastern/Central Pacific), eighteen typhoons, and n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Bavi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Inday, was an extremely powerful, large, and long-lived tropical cyclone that affected the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Philippines, Chin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Bavi_(2026)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typhoon Dolphin was a powerful, large and very long-lived tropical cyclone that affected East China. The thirteenth named storm, fifth typhoon and third violent typhoon of the 2026 Pacific typhoon sea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Dolphin_(2026)

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Claim 7: “Forecasters in China said that areas could see 200-400 mm (7.9–15.7 inches) of rainfall over the next few days.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the Chinese language and geography, with no mention of rainfall predictions for Typhoon Dolphin.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ying, a speaker of Henan Chinese Chinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, [a] written: 中文; Zhōngwén[b]) is the umbrella term for almost all Sinitic languages ex…
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web search NEUTRAL — China, [f] officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), [g] is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the …
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Claim 8: “Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong airports respectively also cancelled about 60% of Sunday's expected flights, according to the Paper, Shanghai's state media.”

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English News in Levels and Al Jazeera both report that Shanghai's airports cancelled about 60 percent of scheduled flights.

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Claim 9: “The outer bands of the storm on Saturday (August 8, 2026) hit northern Taiwan, including the capital Taipei, bringing rain.”

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Focus Taiwan, Al Jazeera, and 'Today In Your Neighborhood' all confirm that the outer bands hit northern Taiwan and Taipei on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2026, although most tropical cyclones typ…
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Claim 10: “Zhejiang authorities also suspended all water-based activities, including ferries and cruises.”

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Claim 11: “The storm's maximum sustained winds were estimated at about 162 kilometres per hour as of Sunday (August 9) morning.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about legal cases (Sullivan Walter) and general Wikipedia definitions of typhoons. No source confirms the 162 km/h wind speed for Typhoon Dolphin on August 9.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A very strong typhoon is the second highest category used by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to classify tropical cyclones that has reached typhoon intensity in the Northwest Pacific basin. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_very_strong_typhoons

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Severe Tropical Storm Pakhar, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Jolina, was a strong tropical storm that impacted the Philippines and South China during late August 2017. The storm followed T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Pakhar_(2017)

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Claim 12: “authorities relocated some 300,000 people in surrounding regions as China prepared for Typhoon Dolphin”

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While sources mention over a million people were moved across eastern China and 215,600 in Shanghai, there is no specific mention of '300,000 people in surrounding regions' as a distinct figure.

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