{"id":3208,"date":"2026-10-24T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2026-10-24T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T04:04:09","slug":"typhoon-champi-sweeps-past-taiwan-leaving-1-dead-500-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3208","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Champi sweeps past Taiwan, leaving 1 dead, 500 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing 1 person and injuring more than 500, downing trees and severing power lines, as it continued to weaken and head north towards the Chinese coast, though it was not expected to make landfall there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At one point, a super typhoon and one \u200bof the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi is weakening though still packing gusts of around \u200b126 kph near its centre, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central Weather Administration.<\/p>\n

The storm was about 170 \u2060km northeast of Taiwan, having glanced off the island\u2019s northeastern coast in Yilan County early on Saturday, the CWA said.<\/p>\n

The \u200bcentre of the storm turned south around midnight, hugging the Yilan coastline before making a rare loop offshore and moving away \u200bnorthward. Wind gusts touched 227 kph in some coastal areas, knocking down power lines and sending roof tiles flying.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u2018Most terrifying around midnight\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cIt was most terrifying around midnight,\u201d said a retired teacher surnamed Lin as he inspected downed banana trees in his garden in Yilan. \u201cIt was a sleepless \u200bnight. I haven\u2019t seen anything like this in many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The storm\u2019s forecast track shows it turning north, tracking up the Chinese \u200bcoast and eventually moving into southern Japan.<\/p>\n

Taiwan\u2019s fire department said the death toll remained at 1, a man swept away by waves from \u200cthe island \u2060of Liuqiu, with 527 injuries during the heavy wind and torrential rain.<\/p>\n

Taipower said more than 288,000 homes had lost electricity, though most had been reconnected.<\/p>\n

The transport ministry said 259 flights were cancelled, an improvement from Friday, when the number was almost 1,000.<\/p>\n

In the capital Taipei, there were downed trees and on-and-off squally rain showers.<\/p>\n

Taipei resident Thomas Wang, 70, said the storm felt like \u200bsomething out of the horror film \u201cPoltergeist\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt \u200bwas quite scary,\u201d he \u2060said, out running morning errands.<\/p>\n

Governments in a swathe of northern and central Taiwan, including Taipei, declared a second day of office and school closures on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Although more common in summer, typhoons can \u200bstrike in autumn too.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s emergency management ministry sent a team to the eastern province of \u200bZhejiang as Champi \u2060approached, warning of strong winds and heavy rain through Sunday. It said it had readied 400 rescue workers and 600 pieces of equipment, while more than 41,000 firefighters were on emergency duty.<\/p>\n

In Taizhou, a city on Zhejiang\u2019s coast, more than 3,800 fishing boats returned \u2060to harbour, \u200boffshore fish-farm workers were brought ashore, and 2,084 island visitors were evacuated, \u200bstate media reported.<\/p>\n

Authorities halted 25 offshore construction projects and suspended 18 passenger ferry routes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing 1 person and injuring more than 500, downing trees and severing power lines, as it continued to weaken and head north towards the Chinese coast, though it was not expected to make landfall there. At one point, a super typhoon and one \u200bof the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi is weakening though still packing gusts of around \u200b126 kph near its centre, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central Weather Administration. The storm was about 170 \u2060km northeast of Taiwan, having glanced…<\/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-3208","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\/3208","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=3208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}