The Central Weather Administration has further expanded its land warning for
Typhoon Champi to cover almost the entirety of Taiwan Proper ...

... with the exception northern areas of New Taipei City and Keelung.

The latest data from the CWA shows that Champi is located around 450
kilometers east of Cape Eluanbi ... moving north-northwest at 18 kilometers
per hour.

Champi is packing maximum sustained wints of 173 kilometers per hour near its
centre with gusts of 209 kilometers per hour ... with a radius of around 320
kilometers.

The storm is expected to bring torrential rain and strong winds across Taiwan
through Saturday as it gradually moves north.

Northern and northeastern Taiwan face the risk of red level torrential rain
with purple-level extremelly torrential rain possible in mountainous areas.

In fact, some mountain areas could receive up to 900 millimeters of rain over
the next three days.

The storm is expected to move away from Taiwan over the weekend, but
authorities are urging the public to stay away from beaches, creeks and
mountainous areas, even after the typhoon passes, due to the risk of flooding
and landslides.