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Super Typhoon Champi’s Monster Seas Hurl 164-Foot Crane Into Taiwan Harbor (Video)
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Super Typhoon Champi’s Monster Seas Hurl 164-Foot Crane Into Taiwan Harbor (Video)

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Just when Super Typhoon Champi’s cartoonishly huge waves seemed incapable of getting any more ridiculous, a new video from Taiwan emerged.

This time, the ocean didn’t just swallow a seawall. It knocked an enormous construction crane into the harbor.

Footage from Fugang Fishing Port in Taitung County shows gigantic breakers detonating against the breakwater on Friday, October 23. A towering curtain of whitewater engulfs the crane; after repeated hits, the machinery tips into the churning sea as witnesses cry out.

As SURFER previously reported , Champi’s earlier viral clips showed waves blasting coastal roadways, exploding around a lighthouse, and looming behind city buildings. Somehow, the latest footage raises the stakes.

According to Focus Taiwan , waves approximately 6 meters (20 feet) high toppled the crane around 9:40 a.m.…

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