Typhoon Bailu Dolphin's Path Sharpens; Officials Urge Heightened Vigilance

China's Central Meteorological Observatory has issued a red alert, the highest level, for Typhoon Bailu Dolphin. The storm is forecast to make landfall as a strong typhoon along the coast between Zhejiang's Sanmen and Fujian's Fuding on the evening of August 9 or early August 10. Officials warn the storm will travel deep inland, bringing prolonged and intense rainfall to a wide swath of eastern and northern China, including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, over the following days.