태풍 '위투'에 초토화된 사이판...정부, 軍수송기 파견<br /><br />Super typhoon Yutu passed over the Northern Mariana Islands early Thursday, leaving at least one person dead. <br />It caused blackouts and damage across the islands, and also left some 1 8-hundred South Koreans stranded in Saipan.<br />For details we turn to our Ko Roon-hee. <br /> Rescue and relief operations are underway after the most powerful typhoon in half a century passed the islands of Tinian and Saipan on Thursday local time.<br /><br /> Local authorities from the island of Tinian said most houses and buildings were destroyed...leaving residents without power or water.<br />Some 200 to 300 electricity poles have been blown over… and authorities are saying restoring power is the top priority. <br />The Honolulu National Weather Service reported that maximum sustained winds of 290 kilometers per hour were recorded around the eye of the storm.<br />The super typhoon also damaged Saipan's main airport.<br />The international airport is temporarily closed… leaving travelers, including 1-thousand-8-hundred Korean tourists, stranded.<br />Saipan is a popular tourist spot for Koreans…and some 180-thousand people visited the island in 2015.<br />The South Korean government has announced that it plans to dispatch a military transport plane to Saipan on Saturday.<br />A rapid response team to provide emergency aid will be sent as well. <br />Meanwhile…Yutu is traveling at 20 kilometers per hour towards the northern Philippines, and is expected to make landfall early on Wednesday.<br />Ko Roon-hee, Arirang News. <br />
