Key facts
- Tens of thousands evacuated in eastern China due to Typhoon Champi.
- Over a hundred flights cancelled in Shanghai, Fujian, and Zhejiang provinces.
- Typhoon Champi caused one death and over 500 injuries in Taiwan.
- More than 167,000 homes lost power in Taiwan.
Typhoon Champi continued to batter China’s eastern coast on Saturday, grounding over a hundred flights and prompting the authorities to relocate tens of thousands of people. The storm weakened as it moved towards Japan. Flights from airports in Shanghai as well as Fujian and Zhejiang provinces were affected, with China Eastern Airlines cancelling 39 domestic flights to and from Shanghai’s two main airports. Earlier, the storm had swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power to over 167,000 homes. Taiwan's Central Weather Administration reported that Champi was packing gusts of about 126km per hour near its center.