Wenzhou City in eastern China's Zhejiang Province is likely to be hit by a typhoon for the second time this year as Typhoon Dolphin approaches and is forecast to make landfall along China's eastern coast between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
Wenzhou issued a Tier-II warning on Saturday morning. On Dongtou Island, east of the city, fishing boats were berthed at a fishing port ahead of the typhoon's arrival.
"Right now, all 493 fishing vessels in our district are safely back in harbor, and every single aquaculture worker has been moved ashore," said Zheng Ming, director of the Fishing Boat Management Center at the Dongtou District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau.
The Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration issued a top-level emergency response on Saturday.
All production operations at coastal ports have been suspended, passenger ferry routes have been halted, and 193 water‑related construction projects have been shut down temporarily.
Across the province, about 15,000 fishing vessels have returned to port.
In Wenzhou, one of the cities likely to be hit hard by the typhoon, all 85 A-level scenic spots have been closed and authorities have urged residents to stay indoors.
As of 14:00 Friday, the city's 20 large and medium-sized reservoirs had discharged a cumulative 12.6 million cubic meters of water. All reservoirs are now operating below their designated flood-control levels.
"Since August 5th, the water level of our reservoir has been 108 meters, with a storage capacity of 3.67 million cubic meters. We plan to pre-release water to bring the level down to 95 meters before the typhoon arrives, while maintaining a minimum reserve of two million cubic meters," said Zhang Leijian, a staff member at Shiling Reservoir.
China's meteorological authority on Saturday upgraded its emergency response for Dolphin to Level III and raised the typhoon warning from yellow to orange.
Compared with Typhoon Bavi, which made landfall in China in July, Typhoon Dolphin may bring stronger winds and heavier rainfall, according to officials at the National Meteorological Center.
China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system for typhoons, with red representing the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. It also has a four-tier emergency response system, with Level I being the highest.
China's Zhejiang takes precautionary measures as Typhoon Dolphin approaches
