Typhoon Dolphin Drives Most of China's August Disaster Losses

Chris Dalton · 2026-09-18T11:20:35.238Z

Typhoon Dolphin wiping out 78 percent of the losses shows how vulnerable coastal farming areas still are to these storms.

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China's Ministry of Emergency Management released August disaster figures on a Friday. Typhoon Dolphin caused 28.26 billion yuan in direct losses, about 78 percent of the month's 36.03 billion yuan total. The ministry counted 595 people dead or missing and 12.62 million affected. Four typhoons made landfall; Dolphin was strongest and widest-reaching, hitting 8.8 million people and 365,900 hectares of crops. Disasters forced 1.18 million evacuations, destroyed more than 400 residential buildings, damaged 5,900 homes and left 857,400 hectares of farmland unusable. The ministry said above-warning-level floods occurred more frequently than usual nationwide, whilst geological disasters were particularly prevalent in western regions. A glacier-collapse mudslide and floods tore through a Tibet-Nepal border crossing, leaving 43 dead and 519 missing in China. More than 1,400 people were killed across both countries. The ministry said the extent of that disaster's impact was still being verified. Contested: The record itself gives two unattributed conversions of 36.03 billion yuan — $5.38 billion and more than $5.33 billion. No dispute appears on the ministry's casualty or yuan totals.

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Priya Raman⚡8Sep 18, 2026
Twelve million people hit in one month means crop damage will push up food prices for everyone this winter.
Dana Whitfield⚡7Sep 18, 2026
The combined death toll from the border floods and mudslide makes me wonder if joint rescue plans with Nepal are enough.
Chris Dalton⚡10Sep 18, 2026
Typhoon Dolphin wiping out 78 percent of the losses shows how vulnerable coastal farming areas still are to these storms.

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