Typhoon Champi hits Taiwan, killing one and injuring 350

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The storm swept past the island’s northeast on Friday, toppling trees, shutting shops and schools, cutting power to thousands of households, and forcing more than 4,300 people to evacuate from their homes.

Champi está se dirigindo para a China e o Japão, forçando o cancelamento de centenas de voos na região.

Champi foi brevemente um super tufão com ventos de quase 300 quilômetros por hora (186 milhas por hora), mas desde então enfraqueceu. O US Joint Typhoon Warning Center relatou ventos máximos de 185 km/h (115 mph).

Worse is still expected to come on Saturday. Champi could drop up to 900mm (35 inches) of rain between Thursday and Saturday, with the northeast hit hardest, the CWA said.

More than 400mm fell in Yilan County on Friday.

O meteorologista da CWA, Lu Kuo-chen, disse que o tufão poderia desacelerar perto da ponta nordeste da ilha, prolongando seu impacto.

About 8,400 households in Japan’s Okinawa islands were without power on Friday afternoon, according to the Okinawa Electric Power Company. Champi is forecast to hover near Okinawa and then China’s eastern coast before turning northeast towards mainland Japan.

Champi is the latest storm in a Pacific season supercharged by El Nino.

As Nações Unidas disseram na quarta-feira que El Niño, um ciclo natural que aquece o Pacífico tropical, está fora dos padrões.

It is expected to peak in December, with its impact lasting into 2027 and beyond.

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• O US Joint Typhoon Warning Center relatou ventos máximos de 185 km/h (115 mph)