Typhoon Champi grounds hundreds of Taiwan flights, threatens Shanghai and Japan

Flight disruptions and cancellations surged across East Asia as Typhoon Champi approaches Taiwan, prompting emergency precautions in eastern mainland China, including Shanghai, and in Japan during a large-scale joint military drill with the US.

Taiwan’s transport ministry said 262 local flights and 715 international and cross-strait flights had been cancelled as of 10am on Friday. The island’s largest airports –…