Damages from Typhoon Haishen reported as it makes landfall on S. Korea
  • 4 years ago
태풍 하이선 경상도 지역 피해 속출

The tphoon is expected to cause significant damage in some parts of the country, some of which are still recovering from the two storms that came through already in the past couple of weeks.
Our Kim Do-yeon is on the line with the latest.
Do-yeon, what can you tell us?
Mark, some cities are already reporting damage like signposts and traffic lights being blown off.
Because of the heavy rain, cities along the south and east coasts are under the highest alerts for landslides.
In Geoje City, in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, 60 people living in an apartment complex had to evacuate because of a landslide in the parking lot.
Several regions have reported power outages, and there are risks at nuclear plants too.
At Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant, in the city of Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, the turbines in two of its reactors have stopped working.
The plant says, however, that there's no concern of radioactive materials leaking and the plant should be up and running soon.
The storm has also disrupted transportation.
Six railway lines including the Gyeongbu, Gyeongjeon, and Donghae lines have had to cancel trains or change their schedules.
Also a majority of today's domestic flights have been canceled, as have most ferries.
That's all I have for you at this hour, and I'll be back with more updates later.
Back to you, Mark.
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