Typhoon Dolphin Devastates Asia

The devastating Typhoon Dolphin, the largest typhoon in China this year, displaced thousands of people in the Philippines, Japan, and China. It brought torrential rain and blasting winds when it first hit.

Typhoon Dolphin was named after the Chinese white dolphins who swim in Hong Kong’s waters. The typhoon intensified the storms brewing in the Philippines, then hit Japan’s Okinawa Island, finally making landfall in eastern China.

The typhoon reached wind speeds of up to 160 mph, though it had settled down to around 90 mph after making landfall. In Shanghai, umbrellas flipped as rain pounded down on the city.

Many residents in the Philippines and China are in evacuating after flooding reached their region. The Philippine meteorological agency advised that certain regions of the country could get up to 200 mm, or 8 inches, that day.

While natural disasters like these can be predicted in advance, it is still difficult to deliver mass relief to those affected, and the public can only hope that everybody will be okay. Thankfully, thousands of people are currently safe in evacuation centers far from the disaster zone.