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<p>Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled</p><p>Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power as it weakened and ⁠headed north toward ⁠the ​Chinese coast.</p><p>Earlier classified as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the ⁠Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of about 126km per hour (78 miles per hour) near its ⁠centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/24/typhoon-champi-kills-one-and-injures-more-than-500-in-taiwan-as-it-heads-to-china">Continue reading...</a>