All-out relief efforts underway as Typhoon Dolphin sweeps vast regions in eastern, central China

Staff members drain flood water from a water-logged road in Weishi County of Kaifeng, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Li Xinyi/Xinhua)

An urban management staff member sets up caution tape to warn public to stay away from water-logged section of a road in Nanyang City, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Gao Song/Xinhua)

A sanitation worker places a traffic cone at a flooded spot of a road in Nanyang City, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Gao Song/Xinhua)

Electricians check the power lines amid rains in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Kang Hongjun/Xinhua)

Staff members pump out floodwater with an emergency drainage truck near a bridge in Xiangcheng District of Xiangyang, central China’s Hubei Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Yang Dong/Xinhua)

Workers lay drainage pipes at a site prone to flooding on Minzu Road in Chanhe District of Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Li Weichao/Xinhua)

Electricians attempt to restore a fallen utility pole in Qianfeng Town of Huai’an City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 10, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Liang Debin/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 11, 2026 shows an electrician repairing overhead high-voltage power lines in Jiangyan District of Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal. (Photo by Tang Dehong/Xinhua)

A maintenance worker operates an engineering machine to remove collapsed rocks from the section of national highway 241 in Xiema Town of Xiangyang, central China’s Hubei Province, Aug. 11, 2026. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, have swept vast regions in eastern and central China. Local authorities are exerting all efforts to eradicate potential risks and put people’s life back to normal.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…