Typhoon Champi nears Taiwan; Storm Boelo warning for UK

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTyphoon Champi is closing in on Taiwan, and the Central Weather Administration issued sea and land warnings at eleven-thirty this morning, Taiwan time.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe storm could dump up to nine hundred millimetres of rain on the mountains of the north and northeast, according to AFP, and Taiwan's transport ministry says one hundred twenty-five flights were cancelled today.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Times notes that one expert says a mayor is thirty-one percent more likely to call a typhoon day in an election year.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA paid day off is a very popular thing to hand out.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Britain, a Met Office warning for Storm Boelo, pronounced Boo-loh, runs from six p. m. Saturday until three p. m.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSunday, and gusts could reach eighty miles per hour on exposed coasts.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe clocks go back that night, so the warning starts in summer time and ends in winter time.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe storm gets an extra hour to work with.