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Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by
Almost thirteen hundred people were evacuated from mountain areas as Champi weakened from a peak of one hundred eighty-five miles per hour; Taiwan's skies are now empty.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on BBN After HoursPublished
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At a glance
- First reported by AP News: “Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by”, with reporting from ABC News (AP wire), Washington Post and Insurance Journal.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 4:00 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Typhoon Champi, Taiwan.
- BBN covered this story before: Typhoon Champi heads for Taiwan, Japan and China (October 22).
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- AP NewsTaiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by
- ABC News (AP wire)Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by - ABC News October 23, 2026 · facts used on air
- Washington PostTaiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by - The Washington Post October 23, 2026 · facts used on air
- Insurance JournalTaiwan Halts Stock Trade, Shuts Schools as Typhoon Champi Nears October 22, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTaiwan has shut schools and grounded flights as Typhoon Champi brushes past, with all two hundred sixty-two domestic flights and six hundred sixty-nine international flights cancelled, the transport ministry says.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChampi peaked at a hundred eighty-five miles per hour earlier this week, and it's down to ninety-six now.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlmost thirteen hundred people have been evacuated from mountain areas, the government says.
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The story so far
- Super Typhoon Champi intensifies to a Cat 5 after battering Guam · Yale Climate Connections
- Gnathophis in Taiwan: Three new species described · Bioengineer.org
- Taiwan issues land warning ahead of powerful Typhoon Champi · Japan Today
- Typhoon Champi nears Taiwan; Storm Boelo warning for UK · The New York Times
- Typhoon Champi heads for Taiwan, Japan and China · BBC
- Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by (this story)
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