China Issues Blue Typhoon Alert as Champi Enters Southern East China Sea

Champi is the 30th named storm of the year, a reminder that the Western Pacific season stays active deep into autumn, when systems can track close to Taiwan and the East China coast. The alert level is the lowest in China's scale, but the wind and pressure readings put this beyond a routine rainmaker for shipping lanes and ports in the southern East China Sea. The open question is whether the system strengthens or curves away, since forecast heavy rain over East China is the near-term impact worth tracking.