Deutsche Welle (English), on Climate, 24 October 2026

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Typhoon Champi leaves 1 dead, over 500 injured in Taiwan

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Typhoon Champi killed at least one person and left more than 500 people with injuries as it passed through Taiwan on Saturday. Taiwan's fire department said the death toll remained at 1, after a man was swept ​away by waves from the island of Liuqiu. At least 527 others were injured during the heavy wind and torrential rain. Several parts in Taiwan received heavy rain and strong winds that prompted authorities to cut off power, leaving thousands of people without power supply.

Some 280,000 households were knocked out of power, according to United Daily News, a local Taiwanese newspaper. By Saturday morning, the power supply was restored to 80% of the households. Despite weakening, Champi is still packing strong winds near its center Image: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP Champi also led to 259 flights cancellations, an improvement from Friday, ⁠when ​the number was almost 1,000, the Transport Ministry said. Several trees were downed amid strong gusts In the capital Taipei.

Authorities in several districts of northern and central Taiwan, including Taipei, declared a second day of office and school closures on Saturday. Champi headed to China The typhoon continued to weaken as it moved north towards the Chinese coast though it was not expected to make landfall there. Chinese authorities have sent a team to ​the eastern province of Zhejiang as Champi ⁠approached, warning of strong winds and heavy rain through Sunday.

Schools and offices were closed in several districts in Taiwan because of Champi Image: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP It said it had readied 400 rescue workers and 600 pieces of equipment, ⁠while more than 41,000 firefighters were on ​emergency duty. While it is weakening, Champi is still packing ​ near its center, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA).

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What we found (2)

Deutsche Welle reports the death, injuries, power cuts and flight cancellations from Typhoon Champi accurately, and names the storm as the cause of the death. But it calls Champi a super typhoon and one of the Pacific's strongest storms this year without one word that warming makes intense tropical cyclones more frequent or severe. It also swaps the units on the storm's gust speed, giving 78 km/h (126 mph) where the weather agency's figure is 126 km/h (78 mph).

  1. Leaves out the climate link

    Serious

    “Typhoon Champi started out as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year.”

    Why this matters
    DW tells the reader that Champi was a super typhoon and one of the strongest Pacific storms of the year. It gives no word on why storms of this strength are becoming more common.
    The impression it gives
    A reader comes away thinking an exceptionally strong typhoon is simply a natural event, with no link to a warming planet.
    The context
    Human-caused warming has made intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe. The article never mentions climate or warming anywhere, so the reader never learns this.

    How we know

    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “climate” and “warming”.

    Show it in the article

    Written straight

    Typhoon Champi started out as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year. Scientists say warming is making intense tropical cyclones like it more frequent and more severe.

  2. Uses figures that mislead

    Minor

    “gusts of around 78 km/h (126 mph)”

    Why this matters
    DW gives the gust speed as 78 km/h and converts it to 126 mph. That swaps the units of the weather agency's figure.
    The impression it gives
    A reader reading kilometres takes the gusts as modest. A reader reading miles takes them as far stronger than reported.
    The context
    Other reports of the same Central Weather Administration figure give gusts of about 126 km/h, or 78 mph.

    How we know

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