Champi leaves one dead and 616 injured in Taiwan; more than 340,000 households lost power
Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation Center said the storm killed one man and injured 616 people as of 9am GMT on Saturday. Power was cut to more than 340,000 households and 4,960 people were evacuated as a precaution against landslides.
Champi, which reached Taiwan as a typhoon on Thursday 22 October and has since weakened to a tropical storm, left one person dead and 616 injured, Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center (CEOC) said, with figures as of 5pm local time (9am GMT) on Saturday 24 October. An earlier count on Saturday morning had put the number of injured at 527.
The man who died was swept away by waves on a beach in Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, on Thursday, the CEOC said. It said most of the injuries were minor scrapes and bruises and that no one was reported missing.
More than 340,000 households lost power during the storm, and about 22,000 were still without electricity on Saturday evening, according to the CEOC. It said it had received 9,027 reports of damage, including 3,287 fallen trees, 1,282 of them in Taipei. A total of 4,960 people in 12 cities and counties had been evacuated by Saturday afternoon as a precaution against landslides.
Yilan County recorded 650 mm of rain from Thursday to Saturday afternoon, the highest total in Taiwan, while Taipei recorded 469.5 mm, the CEOC said.
The Central Weather Administration lifted its land warning at 6:30am GMT on Saturday. At 9am GMT the storm was about 320 km north-east of Taipei, moving north-north-east towards southern Japan with maximum sustained winds of 101 km/h, the weather agency said.
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- Champi leaves 1 dead, 616 injured as storm moves away from Taiwan · Focus Taiwan (CNA)
- 颱風薔琵侵襲 全台1死616傷 · Central News Agency
- Taiwan counts 1 dead and 527 injured after Typhoon Champi sweeps past · CNA (Singapore)
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