Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful storm to strike China this year, inundated eastern coastal provinces with record-setting rainfall before moving inland toward central China. After making landfall in Zhejiang province with sustained winds reaching 151 kilometers per hour, the storm displaced more than one million residents across Zhejiang, Fujian, and Shanghai. Shanghai experienced its highest 24-hour rainfall in over 150 years, forcing urban flooding that submerged streets, disrupted public transit, and grounded hundreds of flights. As the system weakened into a tropical storm, meteorological authorities maintained orange and red emergency alerts while warning that the massive cloud formation would bring torrential downpours to Hubei, Henan, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Emergency response teams opened thousands of shelters to accommodate displaced populations as officials cautioned against impending flash floods and mountain landslides.