Typhoon Champi

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Typhoon Champi was a large and extremely powerful tropical cyclone that affected the island of Guam, along with Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and parts of Japan in late October 2026. The thirtieth named storm, thirteenth typhoon, and fourth violent typhoon of the active 2026 Pacific typhoon season, Champi originated from a disturbance near Micronesia that was upgraded by JMA to a tropical depression on October 11. Tracking generally northwestward, the system gradually organized and was also later upgraded to a tropical depression by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) as 29W on October 14. The next day, the system strengthened into a tropical storm on both JMA and JTWC's scales, and was named Champi by the former. Favorable environmental conditions allowed Champi to undergo rapid intensification on October 16, and it quickly intensified from a severe tropical storm into a typhoon. Gathering more strength, Champi attained Category 5-equivalent super typhoon status as it neared Guam and...

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