Shanghai Pudong Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao Airport will see a significant drop in operational capacity on August 9, 2026, as Typhoon White Dolphin, the 13th storm of the year, approaches. Nearly 60% of arriving and departing flights have been either reduced or canceled. Combined, the two airports plan to cancel 1,384 flights, with 871 cancellations at Pudong and 513 at Hongqiao.

To ensure railway safety and passenger security, China Railway Shanghai Group issued an announcement on August 8, outlining temporary train suspensions from August 9 to 13. Specific routes affected include the Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway, Hangzhou-Wenzhou High-Speed Railway, Hangzhou-Taizhou High-Speed Railway (including the Wenyu section), Hangzhou-Quzhou High-Speed Railway, the Lanxi-Jiande section of the Jinhua-Jiande High-Speed Railway, Hangzhou-Changsha High-Speed Railway, Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway, and Jinhua-Taizhou Railway for August 9-10. Additionally, from August 10-11, services on the Hefei-Jiujiang Railway, Tongling-Jiujiang Railway, and Lujiang-Tongling Railway will be suspended, with further adjustments on August 9-13 for routes like the Quzhou-Jiujiang Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Railway, Xiaoshan-Ningbo Railway, Quzhou-Ningbo Railway, Yongjin Railway, Jinqian Railway, and Wannan Railway.

This follows an earlier announcement on August 7, where the China Railway Shanghai Group had already planned temporary suspensions on multiple routes from August 9 to 13, including the Quzhou-Jiujiang Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Railway, Xiaoshan-Ningbo Railway, Quzhou-Ningbo Railway, Yongjin Railway, Jinqian Railway, and Wannan Railway.