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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Typhoon Dolphin hit Japan and headed towards China |
| 2026-08-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall in Japan and is heading toward China. Al Jazeera reported this on August 8. Severe weather struck Japan's southern island of Okinawa, injuring five people and knocking out power to 14,000 buildings. The Dolphin is currently heading toward eastern China. Local authorities have already closed ports, schools, and tourist sites, the agency clarified. The typhoon arrived amid record-breaking heat waves in East Asia. It formed in late July over the open waters of the central Pacific Ocean. Initially moving at 45 km/h, it traveled several thousand kilometers across the Pacific Ocean. During this time, Dolphin strengthened to a tropical storm, and then to a severe tropical storm. It became a very strong typhoon on July 28. In August, abnormal heat waves swept across South Korea and Japan. In Yangsan, South Korea, the temperature reached 42.5°C on August 2nd —a century-long record for the peninsula (since 1904). In Daegu, it reached 40.9°C on August 3rd—also a record since 1942. In Japan, the heat reached Kumamoto Prefecture: on August 3, the temperature there exceeded 40 °C (40.3 °C) for the first time in recorded history. |
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