Typhoon Champi Causes Flight Cancellations and Casualties in East Asia
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Typhoon Champi, the strongest storm of the year, caused significant disruption across East Asia as it approached Taiwan. The typhoon resulted in at least one death and 171 injuries, with over 160 flights cancelled across four Japanese airlines. Taiwan shut schools and offices, Japan's Okinawa region experienced widespread power outages, and the Taiwan stock exchange closed due to the weather.
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Typhoon Champi causes hundreds of flight cancellations in Ea
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- Subject：
- Typhoon Champi
- Action：
- caused flight cancellations and closures
- Object：
- flights and schools in East Asia
- Occurred (fact side)：
- Oct 23, 00:00
- Published (valid side)：
- Oct 23, 16:45
- First seen (known side)：
- Oct 23, 16:56
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- BBC WorldRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedTyphoon Champi causes widespread cancellations and closures across East Asia near Taiwan
Report first recorded Oct 23, 16:56
Hundreds of flights were cancelled in the East Asia region on Friday as Typhoon Champi approached Taiwan's north-east coast, leading to the closure of schools and offices across Taiwan. The storm, which was the planet's strongest storm of the year so far with peak wind gusts of 191 kph, is forecast to bring 90cm of rain and strong winds until Saturday. Authorities reported one death, 171 injuries, and 1,000 evacuations in Taiwan. Taiwan's $5tn stock exchange was closed, and in Japan, nearly 8,400 households in southern Okinawa experienced power outages, with over 160 flights cancelled across four Japanese airlines.
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