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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Typhoon Champi kills 1 and injures 350 in Taiwan overnight as storm weakens

Taiwan Extreme Weather Asia Storm - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Typhoon Champi killed one person and injured hundreds in Taiwan, as well as downing trees and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people as the storm's strong winds and rains continued overnight Friday into Saturday morning.

Although Champi did not hit Taiwan directly, the storm's span was large enough to impact most of Taiwan. The island's weather authorities said the storm was weakening Saturday morning and that by evening, the land warnings for the typhoon would be removed.

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