A powerful storm named Super Typhoon Champi passed near Guam early Saturday, bringing powerful winds that the National Weather Service called “extremely dangerous” and “life-threatening.”
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Super Typhoon Champi passes near Guam, bringing ‘extremely dangerous’ winds
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Typhoon Champi strengthens to Category 5 but moves away from land; Trudy weakens
A powerful storm named Super Typhoon Champi passed near Guam early today, bringing powerful winds that the National Weather Service called “extremely dangerous” and “life-threatening.”
A powerful storm named Super Typhoon Champi passed near Guam early Saturday, bringing powerful winds that the National Weather Service called “extremely dangerous” and “life-threatening.”
Typhoon Champi has moved into the Philippine Sea, becoming a Category 5 super typhoon, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph by late Monday Asia time and was not near land.
One of the strongest storms of the current season is set to bring heavy rain and roaring winds to parts of East Asia in the next week, with major cities in Taiwan and China bracing for impact within days.
East Asia is bracing for the latest in a string of powerful storms fueled by El Niño, with Typhoon Champi disrupting flights and threatening heavy rainfall as it tracks toward Taiwan.
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