Rains pounded South Korea's southern coast as Typhoon Khanun made landfall. Warnings have been issued across the country, with more than 330 flights canceled and more than 10,000 people moved to safety
SEOUL/TOKYO, Aug 10 - South Korea authorities evacuated more than 10,000 people and closed schools in flood-hit areas as tropical storm Khanun swept over the peninsula on Thursday, havingDowngraded from a typhoon to a tropical storm, Khanun made landfall on the southeast coast, and was heading towards the South Korean capital Seoul.
The storm brought up to 60 mm of rain per hour in some east coast towns, and maximum wind speeds of 126 kilometres per hour in the southeastern port city of Busan, the weather agency said. Most schools were shut for the summer vacation, but of those offering summer classes nearly half, about 1,600, either closed or switched to remote learning because of the storm, the education ministry said. Some schools in the eastern coastal province of Gangwon were hit by floods and landslides.Rescue workers take part in a rescue operation at a town submerged by typhoon Khanun in Daegu, South Korea, August 10, 2023.
Fed by humid air from the storm, heavy rain was still battering parts of western Japan, with some areas getting well over the normal for August in the past week. One town had recorded 985 mm as of Thursday morning.
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