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Typhoon Champi sweeps past Taiwan, leaving 1 dead, 500 injured

Global Published 24 October 2026, 10:40 · archived 24 Oct 2026

YILAN: Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing 1 person and injuring more than 500, downing trees and severing power, 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 of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi is weakening though still packing gusts of around 126 kph (78 mph) near its centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. The storm was about 170 km (106 miles) northeast of Taiwan, having glanced off the island’s northeastern coast in Yila...

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