Typhoon Champi batters eastern China, grounding flights and prompting evacuations

Summary

Typhoon Champi continued to batter China's eastern coast on Saturday, grounding over a hundred flights and prompting authorities to relocate tens of thousands of people, while weakening as it moved towards Japan. Flights from airports in Shanghai and in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces were grounded. China Eastern Airlines said it had cancelled 39 domestic flights to and from Shanghai's two main airports, and flights to and from the cities of Fuzhou and Wenzhou were also affected.

Timeline

1. South China Morning Post

   24 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that Typhoon Champi continued to batter China's eastern coast on Saturday, grounding over a hundred flights and prompting authorities to relocate tens of thousands of people as it weakened towards Japan.