{"id":3102,"date":"2026-10-22T11:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:04:23","slug":"taiwan-issues-land-warning-ahead-of-arrival-of-powerful-typhoon-champi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3102","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan issues land warning ahead of arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday ahead of the arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi and cancelled more than 100 flights, \u200bwith the storm expected to brush past the island\u2019s northeastern coast and gradually \u200cweaken on approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kph \u200bnear its centre, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central Weather Administration (CWA).<\/p>\n

The storm is currently about 520 \u200bkm southeast of Taiwan\u2019s southern tip, the CWA said. The storm\u2019s \u2060track shows it will pass northeastern Taiwan, turn north toward the Chinese coast and eventually \u200bmove into southern Japan.<\/p>\n

The administration said the typhoon\u2019s radius expanded slightly to 320 km, large \u200benough to cover most of Taiwan, and weather experts said its impact could last nearly two days.<\/p>\n

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called for the public to get ready now for the typhoon, and avoid going to the \u200bmountains or the coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cA little more preparation means less risk,\u201d he wrote on his Facebook \u200bpage.<\/p>\n

While typhoons are more common during the summer months, they can also strike in autumn, bringing strong winds \u200cand \u2060torrential rain.<\/p>\n

Mobile phone alerts warning of waves of more than 6 metres were issued to coastal towns, while total rainfall of nearly one metre was expected in northern mountain areas, including the hills near the capital Taipei.<\/p>\n

Champi is expected to be at its closest to \u200bTaiwan late on Friday, \u200boff its northeastern \u2060coast, before heading north in the direction of the seas off Shanghai.<\/p>\n

Taiwan\u2019s transport ministry said 125 flights had been cancelled on Thursday, mostly domestic \u200bones, though the rail network was so far unaffected.<\/p>\n

The interior \u200bministry said \u2060no evacuations of residents had yet been reported.<\/p>\n

Taiwan is generally very well prepared for typhoons, which keeps casualties low.<\/p>\n

The typhoon is forecast to pass over Japan\u2019s westernmost inhabited island, Yonaguni, in Okinawa Prefecture.<\/p>\n

In \u2060Japan, \u200bmajor carriers Japan Airlines, ANA and Skymark have cancelled \u200bmore than 100 flights, mostly domestic, between Thursday and Sunday, disrupting travel for over 11,000 passengers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday ahead of the arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi and cancelled more than 100 flights, \u200bwith the storm expected to brush past the island\u2019s northeastern coast and gradually \u200cweaken on approach. At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kph \u200bnear its centre, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central Weather Administration (CWA). The storm is currently about 520 \u200bkm southeast of Taiwan\u2019s southern…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}