This photo, taken on July 20, 2017, shows structures resembling sunny side up eggs and a melted road cone displayed in front of a department store in the southeastern city of Daegu as South Korea remains gripped by a heat wave. (Yonhap)
Typhoon Chaba struck South Korea pretty hard causing a handful of deaths and missing people. I don’t mean to make light of the people who died or missing but scrambling on to your roof, hanging out at a construction site or trying to tie down your fishing boat are not activities I recommend in the middle of a major typhoon:
Vehicles are submerged in a parking lot near the Taehwa River in Ulsan Wednesday as the river flooded due to the impact of Typhoon Chaba, which headed toward Japan later. [NEWSIS]Typhoon Chaba slammed through southern cities Wednesday morning, killing at least four people, paralyzing flights and trains and knocking out power for a few hours.
According to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, 1,183 hectares of farmland was flooded in South Jeolla, 950 cars get trapped in water in Ulsan and Jeju, and some 210,000 houses lost power in Jeju, South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) issued typhoon warnings in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang regions from 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, as the tropical storm that passed through Jeju Island Tuesday approached. The maximum wind speed reached 115 kilometers per hour (71 miles per hour) on Wednesday afternoon.
According to authorities, four people died and two went missing on Wednesday.
According to Busan police, a 90-year-old woman fell from the rooftop of her house in Mangmi-dong due to strong winds and died. A 59-year-old construction worker died when he was crushed by a falling crane at a construction site at Kosin University. A 56-year-old surnamed Heo, who was reportedly checking whether his boat was fastened to a breakwater in Daehang-dong, was swept away by waves and later found dead.
A resident of Ulsan was found dead some 60 meters (197 feet) from his apartment entrance, and a rescue worker in Ulsan and a fisherman in Jeju went missing, according to local authorities. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
If you live on the southern coast of South Korea it is best to take precautions for the flooding that Typhoon Chaba is likely to bring:
Typhoon Chaba will threaten lives and property across mainland Japan and South Korea this week after lashing the Ryukyu Islands on Monday night.
Chaba reached super-typhoon status, strengthening to the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, on Monday afternoon, local time. Chaba has since weakened below super-typhoon status, but residents of Japan and South Korea should not let their guard down.
Powerful winds, torrential rain and rough seas around Chaba’s center will pose significant danger to shipping interests across the East China Sea, Korea Strait and Sea of Japan through Wednesday night.
Residents of southern mainland Japan and southern South Korea need to prepare for Chaba to make a direct hit or pass dangerously close on Tuesday night into Wednesday. [AccuWeather]
A trail is flooded by heavy rains in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan on Sept. 17, 2016. The southern region has been affected by the influence of Typhoon Malakas that is headed northward with strong gusts. The country’s weather service, Korea Meteorological Administration, issued advisories or warnings for a number of southern cities, including Ulsan and Busan. (Yonhap)
A sales clerk explains to a female customer about the functions of air conditioners at a home appliance shop in Seoul on Aug. 16, 2016. According to industry sources, the sales of air conditioners this year are expected to post an all-time high of 2.20 million units thanks to a month-long sweltering heat. (Yonhap)
Korea will be under the influence of powerful typhoon Nepartak from Sunday, said the state weather agency on Thursday.
“The super typhoon is forecast to influence all parts of Korea while passing the west coast of the peninsula,” the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Thursday.
Nepartak, which was 510 kilometers southeast of Taipei as of 9 a.m. Thursday, is moving west-northwest and expected to strike Shanghai on Saturday.
The typhoon will then keep advancing north, reaching the Korean Peninsula at the weekend.
“We forecast that heavy rain will start in Korea under the influence of Nepartak on Sunday,” the agency said. “But there is a possibility that the typhoon could be downgraded to a tropical storm when it hits China.” [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but everyone in the ROK stay safe this weekend.
A pleasure boat sails through the frozen surface of the Han River bisecting Seoul on Jan. 24, 2016, as South Korea experienced the coldest weather this winter the same day with temperatures dropping to record lows. The temperature in Seoul fell to 18 C below zero, the lowest since Jan. 15, 2001, when the mercury dropped to 18.6 C below zero, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. (Yonhap)
A group of students sleep under vinyl sheets next to a statue erected in front of the Japanese Embassy on Jan. 24, 2016. South Korea experienced the coldest weather this winter on Jan. 24 with temperatures dropping to near record lows. As of 5 a.m., the temperature in Seoul was minus 17 degrees Celsius, while the wind chill was minus 23.8 degrees. Historians estimate more than 200,000 women, mostly Koreans, were forced into sexual slavery at front-line Japanese brothels during World War II. The protest came after Seoul and Tokyo reached an agreement on Dec. 28 on the issue, which sparked a wave of public protests among victims and their supporters, who claim the deal was reached without reflecting the victims’ opinions. (Yonhap)
People enjoy playing tug-of-war at a winter cultural festival in Gangwon Province, South Korea, on Jan. 23, 2016 while the country continued to be swept by a cold wave with temperatures dropping to below minus 10 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country. (Yonhap)
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