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People use umbrellas to shelter from the rain as they walk on the Bund a day after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Shanghai. [Hector Retamal/AFP]
Floodwaters flow in a local stream as residents work to restore the area following Typhoon Dolphin in Yueqing, Zhejiang province. The typhoon brought heavy rainfall and strong winds to the region, causing flooding and disruption. [Cai Kuanyuan/VCG via Getty]
Officials help evacuate residents in Lin'an district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, as a precautionary measure before the landfall of Dolphin. [AFP]
People sit on a sofa in a flooded room after Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to Shanghai. [Go Nakamura/Reuters]
Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the typhoon caused the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, evacuations and a top-level alert. [Hector Retamal/AFP]
China's east coast has been preparing in the wake of the typhoon in recent days, with work and transport services suspended in some areas along its predicted path. [AFP]
A person uses a bucket to remove water from a flooded room after Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to Shanghai. [Go Nakamura/Reuters]
Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds to Japan's Okinawa before reaching China. [AFP]
In Fujian, nearly 99,000 people were relocated from "risky areas" on Saturday evening before the typhoon's arrival, state news agency Xinhua reported. Services on more than 200 ferry routes were suspended in Zhejiang and Fujian, it said. [Cnsphoto via Reuters]
Residents rest after being relocated to a makeshift shelter in a middle school as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. [Cnsphoto via Reuters]
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Tropical Storm Dolphin batters eastern China with heavy rain, strong winds
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