Typhoon Champi passes Taiwan, killing one and injuring hundreds before heading toward China
Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan's northeast coast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that killed one person and injured hundreds. Schools and offices closed across much of Taiwan and hundreds of flights were cancelled. The weakening storm then moved north toward China's eastern coast and Japan.
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Divergence score
7 outlets covered it, splitting into 7 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
7 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 7 outlets placed this story
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Deutsche Welle
The Guardian
Reuters
South China Morning Post
Al Jazeera
NY Post
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Critical
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
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The Guardian
Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China
Casualties with preparedness context · neutral
NY Post
Massive waves thrash Taiwan as super typhoon Champi slams island
Sensational storm imagery · negative
First to report
- BBCfirst
- Al Jazeera+3.5 h
- Reuters+10.5 h
- The Guardian+17.6 h
- Deutsche Welle+20.7 h
- South China Morning Post+24.2 h
- NY Post+32.1 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Outlets agree on the core toll but diverge on where the story goes next: some track the storm to China's coast and mass evacuations, others stay on Taiwan's shutdown and injuries, and injury counts range from 163 to 527.
How each outlet covered it
Broad agreement on what happened
Outlets across the spectrum land in roughly the same place: the shared language is highlighted.
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“Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China”G The Guardian LEFT
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“Taiwan: Typhoon Champi leaves 1 dead, over 500 injured” · BBC, Deutsche Welle, Reuters, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera
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BBCBBC Hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Champi shuts Taiwan 2d ago DWDeutsche Welle Taiwan: Typhoon Champi leaves 1 dead, over 500 injured 1d ago SCSouth China Morning Post Thousands evacuated and flights grounded as Typhoon Champi hits eastern China 1d ago AJAl Jazeera Typhoon Champi unleashes huge waves along Taiwan’s coast 1d ago 6 tracked claims across 7 outlets
Fact ledger
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Number of people injured by the storm in Taiwan
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