SEOUL: A large number of people were forced to expels in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in the country’s southern regions on Tuesday (Sep 6), unleashing fierce rains and winds that damaged trees and highways, and left more than 20, 000 houses without power.
A 25-year-old man went lacking after falling in to a rain swollen stream in the southern associated with Ulsan, according to the Ministry of the Interior plus Safety, which did not immediately report more casualties.
Fires were reported at a major steel put operated by POSCO in the southern city of Pohang, but it was not immediately clear whether or not they were caused by the storm.
Federal government officials have place the nation on notify about potential problems from flooding, landslides and tidal surf unleashed by Hinnamnor, which they said will be the most powerful storm going to the country in years.
The tornado came just several weeks after capital Seoul and nearby regions were battered by heavy rainfall that unleashed flashfloods and killed at least 14 people.
Primary Minister Han Duk-soo had called for positive efforts to expels residents in places vulnerable to flooding, saying that Hinnamnor could end up being a “historically solid typhoon that we never experienced before”.