Rainfall from Typhoon White Dolphin raised the water level at Baizhizao hydrological station in Jiaojiang, Taizhou, Zhejiang to 17.03 m at 22:55 on Aug 9, 0.03 m above the 17.00 m warning level; corresponding discharge was 3,900 m3/s. Under main rivers flood numbering rules the event is designated Jiaojiang 2026 No.2 flood.

Typhoon White Dolphin is expected to make landfall around this evening along the coast between Yuhuan and Wenling as a typhoon or strong typhoon, with winds of force 12–14.

NBS urban statistics chief Dong Lijuan said July PPI rose 3.5% YoY, the YoY gain narrowing 0.6 ppts from June. By industry, major upward contributors included oil and gas extraction (+3.2%), petroleum/coal and other fuel processing (+8.2%), chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing (+9.1%), non-ferrous metal ore mining and dressing (+22.6%), non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling (+20.2%) and ferrous metal smelting and rolling (+2.7%) — these six industries together added ~2.55 ppts to PPI YoY. Coal mining and washing (+27.1%), electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing (+5.7%) and computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing (+4.4%) together added ~1.53 ppts. The combined upward pull from these nine industries fell by 0.56 ppts versus June. The largest downward drags were electricity and heat production and supply, automobile manufacturing, non-metallic mineral products, pharmaceutical manufacturing and beverages/refined tea (declines 2.3%–5.7%), which together subtracted ~0.76 ppts from PPI YoY, a 0.05 ppt smaller drag than in June.