Typhoon Dolphin Shuts 26 Hubei Projects as Forecasters Warn of 9.8 Inches of Rain
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Updated · NBC News · Aug 11
Typhoon Dolphin Shuts 26 Hubei Projects as Forecasters Warn of 9.8 Inches of Rain
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 11
Summary
Hubei suspended 26 of 107 major highway and waterway construction projects and closed scenic sites including the Three Gorges Dam tourist area as Typhoon Dolphin pushed deeper inland Tuesday.
Up to 9.8 inches of rain could hit northwestern Hubei in 24 hours, prompting China’s meteorological center to renew an orange heavy-rain alert and provincial authorities to warn of flooding and landslides.
Dolphin — the strongest typhoon to hit China this year — carried an unusually resilient system more than 3,700 miles inland after drenching the eastern coast over the weekend.
Henan issued a red flash-flood alert as the storm funneled moisture north, while four outer Beijing districts activated top-level flood responses ahead of rainfall equal to more than one-third of the capital’s annual total.