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2026.08.09 22:36 GMT+8

Typhoon Dolphin makes second landfall in China within 2 hours

Updated 2026.08.09 22:36 GMT+8
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Giant waves crash onto the shore as powerful Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall, Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, August 9, 2026. /VCG

Typhoon Dolphin slammed into another spot on China's east coast on Sunday evening, just over an hour after its first landfall, according to China's National Meteorological Center (NMC).

The center of the 13th named storm reached the shore at about 6:40 p.m. in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, with maximum wind speeds of 38 meters per second near the center (Force 13) and a minimum central pressure of 950 hectopascals, the NMC said.

The typhoon had earlier made landfall at around 5:30 p.m. in the same province, as a severe typhoon with 42 m/s winds and a central pressure of 945 hPa.

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