At least 15 people have been killed in the Philippines as Typhoon Dolphin and monsoon rains triggered deadly landslides and flooding across the main island of Luzon, with nine deaths caused by landslides or mudslides, two by electrocution, three by drowning, and one by a falling tree. Thirteen others were injured and at least six remain missing, after the storm battered the archipelago following its passage over Okinawa, where six people were injured and power was cut to more than 50,000 buildings.
More than 750,000 people have been affected nationwide, with over 8,000 sheltering in evacuation centres. Floodwaters reached waist height in residential areas near Manila, forcing widespread school closures and the suspension of operations at 20 ports in the central and eastern Philippines.
Dolphin, the strongest tropical cyclone to strike China this year with winds of 42 metres per second, reached China's eastern coast on Sunday, where more than one million people have been evacuated and heavy rain is expected through Monday.