The season's eighth typhoon, Francisco, weakened into a tropical depression late Tuesday,.. as it made land near South Korea's southeastern city of Busan<br />According to South Korea's weather agency,... the storm reached Busan Tuesday evening after it had weakened as it crossed Japan's Kyushu Island on its way to South Korea.<br />A tropical depression is defined as a low pressure area,... accompanied by thunderstorms with a maximum wind speed of 62 kilometers a hour.<br />
