Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
BBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
9
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Hundreds of flights in the East Asia region were cancelled on Friday as powerful Typhoon Champi roared close to Taiwan's north-east coast.
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Champi → publish → coast
Schools and offices in Taiwan were shut as Champi neared the island.
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Champi → shut → island
While it is uncertain if it will make landfall, the storm was forecast to bring 90cm (35in) of rain and strong winds to the north-east until Saturday.
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storm → make → Saturday
One person died after being swept away by waves, authorities said.
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authorities → die → waves
The storm also injured 171 people and forced 1,000 others to evacuate.
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storm → injure → others
Champi is the latest in a string of intense typhoons as a Super El Niño heats up the Pacific Ocean and fuels storms.
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Niño → heat → storms
On Friday afternoon, Champi was packing wind gusts of 191km/h (119mph) .
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Champi → pack → km/h
After passing Taiwan's north-eastern tip and the Okinawa islands in southern Japan, Champi is expected to hover over the waters off China's eastern coast, before curving farther to the north-east to Japan's main island.
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Champi → pass → island
Weather agencies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan forecast that the eye of the storm is expected to pass without making landfall in Taiwan,
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eye → forecast → Taiwan
However, a forecaster in Taiwan's Central Weather Administration told Reuters that they could not rule this out completely - especially if the storm "stalls, loops or wobbles from side to side" as it approaches.
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it → tell → side
Rainfall is expected to peak on Saturday morning and continue to batter Taiwan until Saturday evening, the Central Weather Administration said.
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Administration → expect → evening
Taiwanese authorities have urged people to stay away from coasts and mountains.
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authorities → urge → coasts
Work and classes were suspended in nearly all of Taiwan's 22 counties and cities on Friday - what's colloquially known as a "typhoon holiday" - as Champi approached the island.
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Champi → suspend → island
Taiwan's $5tn (£3.7tn) stock exchange was also closed on Friday because of the severe weather.
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5tn → close → weather
Only Kinmen county, an archipelago located to the west of Taiwan's main island, continued work and classes as usual.
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county → locate → work
In Japan, power cuts were reported in nearly 8,400 households in the southern Okinawa prefecture, according to the local power company.
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cuts → report → company
More than 160 flights have been cancelled across four Japanese airlines.
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flights → cancel → airlines
Champi has also stirred up heavy rains and winds in Batanes, a Philippine island chain below southern Taiwan.
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Champi → stir → Taiwan
Photos posted on the local government's Facebook page showed waves crashing into seaside villages and roads closed to traffic.
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roads → post → traffic
Typhoon Champi became the strongest storm of the year earlier this week, when it attained a maximum sustained wind speed of 185mph (298km/h) as it moved over the Philippine Sea - the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.
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it → become → hurricane
While initially categorised as a "super typhoon", Champi weakened on Wednesday as it continued barrelling through the sea.
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it → categorise → sea
This is shaping up to be one of the most active typhoon seasons the region has seen in years.
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region → shape → years
Champi is Japan's 30th typhoon of the year - making this the first time since 2013 that the country has seen so many storms.
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country → make → storms
The recent frequency of storms is due to an unusually strong El Niño - a naturally occurring phenomenon that hits the Pacific Ocean every few years and can trigger extreme weather events, from droughts to typhoons.
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that → occur → typhoons
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