Rains from Dolphin flood Shanghai streets in China’s strongest storm this year

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin’s wake have swept through several provinces in China’s east, drenching the coastal region and flooding streets in Shanghai, the country’s second most populated city.

Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin’s wake have swept through several provinces in China’s east, drenching the coastal region and flooding streets in Shanghai, the country’s second most populated city.

Dolphin packed maximum sustained winds of more than 90 mph near its center when it made landfall in Zhejiang, the province to the south and west of Shanghai, on Sunday evening before weakening to a tropical storm.

Its remaining rain clouds continued to soak the eastern provinces including Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong on Monday.

Many streets in the suburban Jiading and Qingpu districts around Shanghai’s city center remained waterlogged on Monday morning, according to live-streams shared by residents on social media. The live videos, not verified by Reuters, showed people wading through knee-high murky water.

Shanghai’s two airports canceled a total of 943 flights due to the typhoon, reducing capacity by nearly 40% on Monday, state broadcaster CCTV said.