Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China

Typhoon Dolphin has weakened but is still disrupting travel in eastern China. The storm brought heavy rain Monday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations in Shanghai, despite some cities resuming public transport. After making landfall in Shanghai on August 10, the system lost power after two landfalls along the Zhejiang coast on Sunday.

China's National Meteorological Centre issued its least severe typhoon alert on Monday morning but warned heavy rain would continue in parts of east and central China. Authorities issued a severe flash flood alert for parts of eastern and southern Zhejiang. Shanghai's two main airports canceled 943 flights, and public transport in the city, including many local trains, was suspended.

Zhejiang's Ningbo international airport will resume operations midday but warned of potential delays. Hangzhou's subway services resumed Monday morning after halting some train operations on Sunday. Northern China also faces extreme weather this week, with Beijing issuing red alerts for heavy rain, with landslide and flooding risks.

The typhoon prompted over 1,000 flight cancellations and tens of thousands of evacuations two weeks after Typhoon Noul struck southern Guangdong. Extreme weather last month killed 39 in Guangxi and 11 in Hubei. Scientists warn extreme weather events will become more frequent as the planet heats up due to fossil fuel emissions. China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but is also a global leader in renewable energy, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060.