Typhoon batters S. Korea with 3 feet of rain, damaging winds
battered its southern region Tuesday, dumping a meter of rain, destroying roads and felling power lines, leaving 66,000 homes without electricity as thousands of people fled to safer ground.
Waves crash over the breakwater in Busan, South Korea. Areas that are prone to flooding are being evacuated.Prime Minister Han Duk-soo called for evacuations in areas vulnerable to flooding, saying Hinnamnor could end up being a “historically strong typhoon that we never experienced before.” South Korean firefighters rescue a citizen near a river in Ulsan, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.Fires were reported at a major steel plant operated by POSCO in Pohang, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether they were caused by the storm.
A South Korean presidential official, who spoke on condition of anonymity during a background briefing, said officials were investigating the cause of the fires at POSCO’s Pohang plant, where firefighters were working to extinguish flames that damaged at least three facilities at the complex.
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