Typhoon Dolphin Weakens to Category 3 as Storm Surge Threat Rises Near Okinawa

Typhoon Dolphin, 2026's fifth Category 5 storm, peaked at 175 mph after intensifying from a tropical storm in just 36 hours over 30°C seas. Now a Category 3 at 125 mph, it is forecast to make landfall in Okinawa as a Category 1 or 2. Its expanding wind field — the area of damaging winds — could shift the main threat from winds to storm surge, pushing seawater along a longer coastline.