Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan, heads towards China

The storm’s maximum sustained winds were estimated at about 162 kilometers per hour (101 mph).

A typhoon is lashing Japan's south, causing injuries and blackouts.

China's National Meteorological Center issued a yellow alert on Thursday evening, forecasting Typhoon Dolphin to make landfall along China's eastern coast between Shanghai and Fuqing in Fujian Province on Sunday or Monday, with an intensity ranging from typhoon to severe typhoon level, bringing heavy rain to areas north of the landfall site.

The Miyun district in northeast Beijing recorded the heaviest precipitation, reaching 99.5 millimeters ahead of Typhoon Dolphin.