Hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Champi shuts Taiwan
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Taiwan is bracing for Champi's worst effects on Saturday Hundreds of flights in the East Asia region were cancelled on Friday as powerful Typhoon Champi roared close to Taiwan's north-east coast.
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Schools and offices in Taiwan were shut as Champi neared the island.
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While it is uncertain if it will make landfall, the storm was forecast to bring 90cm (35in) of rain and strong winds to the north-east until Saturday. One person died after being swept away by waves, authorities said.
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The storm also injured 171 people and forced 1,000 others to evacuate. Champi is the latest in a string of intense typhoons as a Super El Niño heats up the Pacific Ocean and fuels storms.
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At its peak earlier this week, it was the planet's strongest storm of the year so far. On Friday afternoon, Champi was packing wind gusts of 191km/h (119mph) .
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After passing Taiwan's north-eastern tip and the Okinawa islands in southern Japan, Champi is expected to hover over the waters off China's eastern coast, before curving farther to the north-east to Japan's main island.
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Weather agencies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan forecast that the eye of the storm is expected to pass without making landfall in Taiwan.
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However, a forecaster in Taiwan's Central Weather Administration told Reuters that they could not rule this out completely - especially if the storm "stalls, loops or wobbles from side to side" as it approaches.
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Rainfall is expected to peak on Saturday morning and continue to batter Taiwan until Saturday evening, the Central Weather Administration said.
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Taiwanese authorities have urged people to stay away from coasts and mountains.
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Work and classes were suspended in nearly all of Taiwan's 22 counties and cities on Friday - what's colloquially known as a "typhoon holiday" - as Champi approached the island.
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Taiwan's $5tn (£3.7tn) stock exchange was also closed on Friday because of the severe weather.
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Only Kinmen county, an archipelago located to the west of Taiwan's main island, continued work and classes as usual.
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In Japan, power cuts were reported in nearly 8,400 households in the southern Okinawa prefecture, according to the local power company.
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More than 160 flights have been cancelled across four Japanese airlines.
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Champi has also stirred up heavy rains and winds in Batanes, a Philippine island chain below southern Taiwan.
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Photos posted on the local government's Facebook page showed waves crashing into seaside villages and roads closed to traffic.
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There were no immediate reports of casualties. Typhoon Champi became the strongest storm of the year earlier this week, when it attained a maximum sustained wind speed of 185mph (298km/h) as it moved over the Philippine Sea - the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.
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While initially categorised as a "super typhoon", Champi weakened on Wednesday as it continued barrelling through the sea.
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This is shaping up to be one of the most active typhoon seasons the region has seen in years.
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Champi is Japan's 30th typhoon of the year - making this the first time since 2013 that the country has seen so many storms. The recent frequency of storms is due to an unusually strong El Niño - a naturally occurring phenomenon that hits the Pacific Ocean every few years and can trigger extreme weather events, from droughts to typhoons.
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