Typhoon Champi achieved the designation of strongest storm of the year following the recording of sustained winds measuring 185mph during the previous week. The system impacted Taiwan and Japan’s southern islands from late Thursday through early Saturday morning. The typhoon’s path brought it toward Taiwan’s east coast before the center shifted south along the Yilan County coastline, eventually looping offshore and moving northward away from the island.
Damage assessments indicated one fatality with 527 individuals injured across affected areas. The storm generated wind gusts reaching 141mph and produced 48-hour rainfall accumulations exceeding 620mm in portions of Yilan County. Significant infrastructure disruption occurred, with more than 288,000 households experiencing power outages at peak impact, though the majority were subsequently restored. By Monday, Champi had weakened to tropical storm status as it moved to the south-west of Japan’s mainland.
Separately, Greece faced heightened flood risk for the fourth occurrence in October as a low-pressure system was forecast to bring severe thunderstorms and prolonged heavy precipitation across much of the country early in the week. National meteorological authorities issued Monday advisories predicting 30mm-60mm rainfall within 12 hours across central regions and 50mm-80mm in the north-east Aegean Islands. Forecast models suggested comparable precipitation totals could materialize between Wednesday and Thursday, raising the possibility of additional flooding events.
In South Asia, a cyclonic system designated Cyclone Arnab developed over the west-central Bay of Bengal during the weekend. The India meteorological department anticipated the storm’s movement toward the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coastal region by Wednesday, with alerts issued for extreme heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and strong winds across eastern India. Meteorological models indicated wind gusts potentially reaching 85mph and six-hourly rainfall totals of up to 100mm as landfall occurred Wednesday, followed by a northward drift and gradual dissipation over north-east India by week’s end.
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