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Typhoon Maysak leaves major damage in S. Korea, especially in Jeju and Busan

2020-09-03 15 Dailymotion

역대급 태풍 '마이삭' 영남내륙 할켜…인명피해•원전도 정지<br /><br />Typhoon Maysak has now passed, but it left a trail of damage across the country on Wednesday night.<br />Jeju and Busan were among the hardest-hit.<br />Bae Eun-ji reports.<br />Typhoon Maysak has left many parts of the Korean Peninsula in a state of chaos.<br />It first made landfall in Jeju late Wednesday night, dropping over one-thousand millimeters of rain on Hallasan mountain,...causing numerous roads to flood.<br />Cars were blown over by winds of up to 160 kilometers an hour,... the seventh strongest recorded in South Korea since 1970.<br />Power also went out in 36-thousand of the island's households.<br />"I prepared ice packs to keep things frozen. But I'm afraid this will end up going bad. We don't know when the power will come back on."<br />In Busan,... the typhoon slammed into the city at around 2:30AM,... causing power outages in over three-thousand households, and damaging windows and walls.<br />Police say one person died and fourteen were hurt in the city.<br />Ferries and flights have been canceled, and nuclear facilities were powered down.<br />As of 8:30 AM, Korea time, the typhoon hit the Gyeongsang-do provinces with winds of up to 168 kilometers an hour.<br />The city of Ulsan, just north of Busan,... did not see much rain but strong winds broke windows and caused power outages.<br />In Daegu, the typhoon knocked down trees, destroyed signboards, damaged buildings, and left 2,500 households without power.<br />Elsewhere, the western port city of Incheon closed eleven sea routes as a precautionary measure.<br />Even for regions out of the storm's direct path, officials are urging people to be careful as strong gusts of wind are forecast throughout the day.<br />Bae Eun-ji, Arirang News.<br />

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