{"id":3184,"date":"2026-10-23T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:03:54","slug":"taiwan-shuts-down-ahead-of-typhoon-champi-nearly-1000-flights-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3184","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan shuts down ahead of Typhoon Champi, nearly 1,000 flights cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Almost all of \u200bTaiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring \u200cstrong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still make direct landfall on the island.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of around 191 kph near its \u200bcentre, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central Weather Administration (CWA).<\/p>\n

The storm was about 320 km east of Taiwan\u2019s southern tip, \u200bthe CWA said. The storm\u2019s forecast track shows it will pass just off northeastern Taiwan, turn \u2060north toward the Chinese coast and eventually move into southern Japan.<\/p>\n

One person was killed, and 163 were injured in \u200bTaiwan, where the government said almost 2639 people had been evacuated from mountainous areas.<\/p>\n

CWA forecaster Liu Pei-teng told Reuters that landfall could \u200bnot be ruled out if it \u201cstalls, loops, or wobbles from side to side\u201d on approach to Taiwan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe storm\u2019s wind radius is quite large, among the bigger ones in recent years,\u201d Liu said. \u201cIf the storm slows down, the strong winds will affect Taiwan for longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coastal towns received mobile \u200bphone alerts warning of gusts exceeding 150 kph and urging residents to seek immediate shelter, while nearly a metre (3 \u200bfeet) of rain was forecast for northern mountain areas, including around Taipei.<\/p>\n

In the northeastern county of Yilan, where strong winds and heavy showers \u200cwere \u2060intensifying, and the typhoon was forecast to pass close by later on Friday, authorities distributed sandbags and put amphibious vehicles and inflatable rescue boats on standby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen necessary, the military will come in to help people, including using amphibious vehicles for evacuations or disaster relief,\u201d said Lee Ming-chen, head of the port town of Suao, which was badly flooded in previous typhoons.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Huge radius<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Taiwan \u200bforecasters said the storm\u2019s radius \u200bwas around 320 km, \u2060large enough to cover most of Taiwan, and weather experts said its impact could last nearly two days.<\/p>\n

Taiwan\u2019s financial markets also closed on Friday, while only the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands, \u200bwhich sit next to the Chinese coast, will open schools and offices as normal.<\/p>\n

The transport \u200bministry said all \u2060262 domestic flights were cancelled for Friday, along with 717 international ones. The north-south high-speed rail service was operating as usual.<\/p>\n

In the capital, Taipei, there were squally showers, but public transport, including the subway, was working, albeit with reduced service.<\/p>\n

Taiwan is generally very \u2060well prepared \u200bfor typhoons, which keeps casualties low. Although more common in summer, the \u200bstorms can strike in autumn too.<\/p>\n

The typhoon is forecast to first pass over Japan\u2019s westernmost inhabited island, Yonaguni, in Okinawa Prefecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almost all of \u200bTaiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring \u200cstrong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still make direct landfall on the island. At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of around 191 kph near its \u200bcentre, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central Weather Administration (CWA). The storm was about 320 km east of Taiwan\u2019s southern tip, \u200bthe CWA said.…<\/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-3184","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\/3184","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=3184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}