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Typhoon Champi damages roads, knocks out power across Taiwan

📍 Taiwan, TW·🕐 3d ago·2 outlets

Taipei, Oct. 23 (CNA) Typhoon Champi caused damage and disruptions across Taiwan on Friday, including road closures and injuries, and prompted evacuations in several places as powerful winds and waves pounded the island's eastern coast.

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3d ago

second readlowered50%

[Claude, second read] Rates it MEDIUM, not HIGH. typhoon damage, road closures, injuries and evacuations, but no reported deaths or scale of hundreds of thousands without power. Lowered from HIGH to MEDIUM.

3d ago

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Reliability

87%

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medium risk