Taiwan Cancels 600-Plus Flights Amid Champi Approach

Typhoon Champi prompted widespread shutdowns across Taiwan on Friday, with schools, offices and financial markets closed and more than 600 domestic and international flights canceled. Though the storm had weakened from super-typhoon strength and was not expected to make direct landfall, its broad reach and powerful winds threatened Taiwan with torrential rain and damaging conditions, while warnings and disruptions also affected Japan. Airlines canceled regional services, including Thai Airways flights between Bangkok and Taipei and Kaohsiung.