Shanghai cancels flights as Typhoon Dolphin hits China's eastern coast
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on China's eastern coast, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands and the cancellation of over 1,300 flights in Shanghai. The storm also caused landslides in the Philippines following heavy monsoon rains.
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BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Dolphin hit China’s eastern coast on Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai’s two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan the day before.
In the Philippines, five people were rescued and seven remained missing after a landslide that hit three houses in the northern mountain resort city of Baguio on Sunday. The landslide was set off by days of heavy monsoon rains, which had been intensified by Dolphin, officials said.
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