Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall in Zhejiang, Triggers Evacuations
Hundreds of thousands in southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate as Category 1 Typhoon Dolphin, with winds up to 144 kph and gusts to 198 kph, approaches Kyushu and Okinawa, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and nine Toyota factory suspensions. The storm presses over Kyushu amid a region still reeling from last week's 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Kumamoto, where about 6,700 residents remain in evacuation centers, and heatstroke risks rise with temperatures around 36C.
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About Typhoon Bebinca
Typhoon Bebinca, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Ferdie, was a strong and moderately long-lived tropical cyclone that affected East China, Guam, Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands in mid-September 2024. Bebinca became the strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since Typhoon Gloria in 1949 and the first typhoon to do so since Typhoon Muifa of 2022. The thirteenth named storm and sixth typhoon of the 2024 Pacific typhoon season, Bebinca formed from atmospheric convection 385 km (239 mi) east-northeast of Kosrae on September 5.
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