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00:03 Report | Marianna Evenstein

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It's the strongest typhoon to hit China this year -- with maximum sustained winds of more than 150 kilometers an hour near its center when it made landfall in Zhejiang province on Sunday evening. 

Typhoon Dolphin has drenched several provinces in China's east, including the city of Shanghai -- the country's second largest and its financial hub. Many streets in Shanghai were flooded, including in the main commerical centers. Businesses halted operations and transit services were suspended, amid forecasts of continued strong winds and heavy rain on Monday. The city's two airports cancelled nearly a thousand flights.

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 (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) SHANGHAI RESIDENT, HOU LINA, SAYING:
    "I have been living in Shanghai for ten years and this is the first time I've experienced a typhoon causing such inconvenience to us and floods. It's the first time I've encountered a situation like this."

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Dolphin has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is still threatening to cause severe flooding and landslides in ​the coming days -- as it moves deeper inland to the central provinces of Hubei and Henan while also pushing ‌moisture north.

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Before Typhoon Dolphin hit China, it helped intensify seasonal monsoon rains in the Philippines, which set off flooding and landslides on the main northern island region of Luzon --  including in the densely populated city of Manila.

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Across the Philippines, more than a dozen people have died as a result of the floods, landslides and accidents linked to the downpours. Seven of the deaths were in the northern resort town of Baguio, as a rain-drenched mountainside collapsed on three houses. Rescuers are still searching for several missing people.

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