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Chinese authorities in several eastern provinces raised emergency measures on Sunday as Typhoon Dolphin approached the country's coast, with multiple cities suspending work, transport, and ferry services, and tens of thousands of residents set to evacuate, state media reported.
China's national observatory activated a red alert, the highest level in the country's typhoon warning system, on Sunday.
The storm is forecast to bring heavy rain through Wednesday to several regions, including Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on the eastern coast, Shanghai, and the northern areas of Shandong, Tianjin and Beijing, according to state-run Xinhua News.
Typhoon Dolphin is expected to make landfall along China's east coast between Zhoushan, in Zhejiang province, and Fuding, in Fujian province. The affected areas will also see short-duration heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and gale-force winds.
As of Sunday morning, the typhoon's center was located about 215 kilometers (133 miles) offshore, east of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.
The National Meteorological Center said Typhoon Dolphin is moving westward at 20 to 25 kilometers (12.4 to 15.5 miles) per hour. After landfall, the storm is expected to shift west-northwestward and gradually weaken.
Shanghai, located near Zhejiang province, has stepped up preparations, relocating more than 100,000 residents and setting up 378 temporary shelters for emergency use, according to the news outlet thepaper.cn. Ferry services in Shanghai have also been suspended.
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