Typhoon Champi leaves 1 dead and 616 injured in Taiwan

Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation Center said Champi had weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm and moved away on the afternoon of October 24 after causing one death and 616 injuries, with nobody missing. Authorities received 9,027 damage reports nationwide, including 3,287 involving fallen trees, while outer circulation still affected New Taipei, Pingtung, Yilan, Taitung and other areas. Weather officials lifted the land warning in the afternoon and the sea warning that evening as the system moved toward southern Japan. The event shows why a center that does not make landfall can still be dangerous: a large wind field can disrupt power, transport and infrastructure over a wide area. These were evening-stage figures, so repair and injury totals could continue to change.