Typhoon Champi kills one in Taiwan, injures 171 and forces 1,000 to evacuate

Typhoon Champi, with gusts of 191 km/h (119 mph), has left one man dead on Liuqiu island off Taiwan's south-east coast, authorities said. Taiwan reports 171 injured and about 1,000 evacuated. Forecasts call for up to 90 cm of rain in north-east Taiwan until Saturday.