More than 1.5 million people have been evacuated across eastern China after Typhoon Dolphin battered the region with torrential rain and powerful winds, disrupting air, rail and maritime transport, local media reported on Monday.
About 900,000 residents were relocated in Wenzhou, while around 390,000 were evacuated in Taizhou in Zhejiang province. Another 215,000 people were moved from vulnerable areas in Shanghai, according to China Daily.
More than 1,000 flights were cancelled in Shanghai on Monday as the storm disrupted operations at Pudong International and Hongqiao airports.
Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year and the strongest to hit China this year, initially brought maximum winds of about 150 kilometres per hour when it made landfall in Yuhuan, Zhejiang.
It made a second landfall in Wenzhou about an hour later before weakening into a tropical storm.
Flooding and landslide warnings
Heavy rain continued across eastern China on Monday as the storm moved northward, with authorities warning of flooding and landslides.
Parts of Zhejiang could receive between 250 and 500 millimetres of rain in the coming days, according to authorities.
Shanghai suspended four metro routes, restricted services on several others and closed the Donghai Bridge and dozens of flooded underpasses.
In Taizhou, 3,815 fishing vessels took shelter, while all 18 passenger ferry routes were suspended.
Authorities have reported no deaths from the storm so far.
However, a nine-year-old boy was reported missing in Zhejiang after being swept into the sea.
