Typhoon "Dolphin" brought heavy rains to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations despite the storm weakening and public transport resuming in some cities, UNN writes, citing AFP.
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The weather system weakened after making two landfalls along the coast of Zhejiang province on Sunday, and China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued its lowest-level typhoon warning on Monday morning.
However, the NMC warned that heavy rains would continue in some areas of eastern and central China over the next day.
Authorities issued the highest-level flash-flood warning for parts of eastern and southern Zhejiang on Monday, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
A total of 943 flights were canceled at Shanghai's two main passenger airports, the airport authority said in an online statement.
Public transport, including many commuter trains, was suspended in the financial hub.
Ningbo International Airport in Zhejiang province will resume flights from noon (04:00 GMT), but warned that some flights could be delayed or canceled as the typhoon's effects have not yet fully dissipated.
Metro service resumed on Monday morning in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, after some trains were suspended on Sunday.
Extreme weather is also expected in northern China this week: a red alert for heavy rains was issued in five districts of Beijing on Monday, while some areas were warned of the risk of landslides and floods.
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In China, flights were canceled and train services suspended due to Typhoon "Dolphin"08.08.26, 18:05
Typhoon "Dolphin" prompted an elevated alert level over the weekend, leading to the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights and the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.
This came two weeks after Typhoon "Noul" hit the southern province of Guangdong, when authorities said it was the strongest storm to hit China this year.
Extreme weather events also caused serious damage in southern and central China last month: 39 people were killed by devastating floods caused by Typhoon "Maysak" in the southern region of Guangxi.
Typhoon "Maysak" also caused thunderstorms and storm-force winds that killed 11 people and injured 331 in the central province of Hubei.
Scientists warn that the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events will increase as the planet continues to warm due to fossil fuel emissions.
China is the world's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but it is also a global leader in renewable energy and aims to make its vast economy carbon-neutral by 2060.