TAIPEI/TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday as powerful Typhoon Champi approached, prompting more than 200 flight cancellations in the region and forcing changes to a major US-Japan military exercise.
At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kph (141 mph) near its centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).
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