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It’s the second typhoon in a week
© APA (AFP / JIJI PRESS)
Powerful Typhoon “Haishen” hit South Korea on Monday after passing through Japan. There, hundreds of flights had to be canceled. In the South Korean port city of Busan, traffic lights and trees fell, streets were flooded and thousands of houses were without power. In Kyushu, one of the main Japanese islands, four people disappeared after a landslide.
Half a million people in Japan were left without power after “Haishen” was unleashed by strong winds and rains. There, too, flights were canceled and numerous rail connections were interrupted. However, according to initial assessments by the Japanese authorities, the damage caused by “Haishen” was less severe than had been feared.
Rescuers fought their way through mud and debris in Miyazaki after a hillside gave way underwater in the rural area. Dozens of policemen are on the way to help, Japanese Chief of Staff Yoshihide Suga told reporters in the capital Tokyo. Two people are said to have died.
In Japan, according to authorities, several dozen people were injured by the storm, but most of them only slightly. Most of the injured were elderly people who fell during the storm.
The authorities had asked more than 7 million people, especially in Kyushu, to leave their houses and apartments and to safety. In some cities, people rented hotels because they did not want to seek refuge in mass accommodation due to the corona pandemic.
“Haishen” moved north along the east coast of the Korean peninsula. It is expected to make landfall again around midnight local time in Chongjin, North Korea, according to the South Korean weather agency. Since then, the typhoon has lost some of its destructive power, but gusts of wind continued to be up to 126 kilometers per hour.
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