Typhoon White Dolphin (the year’s 13th storm) dropped 104.8 mm of cumulative
rain on the eastern Hangjiahu plain. At 20:40 on Aug 9 the Jiaxing gauge on the
canal rose to 2.00 m, hitting the flood-number threshold and registering the
canal system’s first numbered flood of 2026 (Hangjiahu plain Flood No.1).
Forecasts call for concentrated rain over the next 24 hours; together with
Water-management operations, Jiaxing water level is expected to rise further.