태풍 바비 수도권은 피해 크지 않지만 남부 및 제주는 피해<br /><br />Typhoon Bavi passed through the Korean Peninsula, but it was much weaker than anticipated.<br />The island of Jeju-do suffered the most damage, but the greater Seoul area was relatively unaffected by what was supposed to be one of the worst typhoons ever to hit the country.<br />Our Kim Do-yeon reports.<br />Typhoon Bavi reached the Greater Seoul area early Thursday morning as residents braced for the worst, but the damage was not as bad as expected.<br />There were only a few cases of property damage in the area and power outages in certain districts.<br />The Seoul region was well enough prepared that the places most at risk were relatively safe.<br />A fisherman at a port in Incheon, west of Seoul, says that, like the others, he was ready for the worst.<br />"I was on watch duty here from yesterday at 3 PM, but whether the storm was weak or strong, it was far away, so we didn't take a lot of damage."<br />"The typhoon warning for the greater capital area was downgraded to a strong wind warning as of 9 AM Thursday."<br />On the other hand, its impact was much greater hours earlier when it first reached the Korean mainland.<br />In Gwangju and Jeollanam-do Province, signboards and street lights were blown off their posts.<br />Around a hundred other cases of damage were reported overnight as well.<br />In Gwangju, thousands of homes lost power.<br />The hardest hit was Jeju, South Korea's southernmost island, which was first to be hit.<br />The outer wall of an apartment building was ripped off, and it damaged a car parked nearby.<br />Traffic lights and CCTV cameras were also knocked down by winds of over 108 kilometers an hour.<br />One of Jeju's four main rivers almost reached its two-meter flood level, forcing nearby residents to leave their homes.<br />"The wind was really strong, and the water level rose so rapidly that the evacuation process was challenging."<br />Thankfully, there are no reports of any casualties.<br />The storm crossed into North Korea, passing over Pyeongyang and then dissipating around Harbin, China.<br />Kim Do-yeon, Arirang News, Incheon.<br />
