One person missing, sizeable damage reported due to Typhoon Haishen
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Our starting point tonight: Typhoon Haishen.
The tenth typhoon of the season, coming on the heels of another powerful typhoon which battered the nation just days ago, has now escaped off the Korean peninsula... but not before damaging buildings, flooding roads and knocking out power to thousands of homes in some parts of this country.
One person has been reported missing as a result of the flooding.
Kim Doyeon starts our coverage tonight.
In a matter of seconds, flowing mud causes uprooted trees to slide into an apartment complex parking lot on Geoje-do Island, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
This is just one of the many dangerous situations Typhoon Haishen created in South Korea on Monday.
With concentrated rain across the country, streets and houses have flooded.
In Gangwon-do Province, a man in his 40's is reported missing after being swept away by flood water.
As of Monday, over 16-hundred people in provinces like Gyeongsang-do and Jeollanam-do have been forced to find temporary shelter.
And more than 58-hundred schools in Gyeongsang-do Province had to change their schedules or switch to remote learning.
On the island of Jeju, which in some areas received nearly 550 millimeters of rain, farmlands have been left ruined.
"60 percent of this field is damaged because it flooded and strong winds killed the carrots... which turned them black"
While Jeju saw the most rain, other parts of the country also reported flooding.
Regions in the South and East of the nation recorded more than 200 millimeters of rain.
The rain slowed down at around 5 PM on Monday.
But, wind has also been a concern.
Tens of thousands of homes were left with no power at some point during the typhoon's passing... while waves as big as buildings crashed against the shoreline.
There was property damage reported and injuries sustained from flying debris.
In addition, at Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, the turbines in two of its reactors stopped working. Fortunately, there were no signs of any radioactive materials leaking.
Kim Do-yeon, Arirang News
Our starting point tonight: Typhoon Haishen.
The tenth typhoon of the season, coming on the heels of another powerful typhoon which battered the nation just days ago, has now escaped off the Korean peninsula... but not before damaging buildings, flooding roads and knocking out power to thousands of homes in some parts of this country.
One person has been reported missing as a result of the flooding.
Kim Doyeon starts our coverage tonight.
In a matter of seconds, flowing mud causes uprooted trees to slide into an apartment complex parking lot on Geoje-do Island, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
This is just one of the many dangerous situations Typhoon Haishen created in South Korea on Monday.
With concentrated rain across the country, streets and houses have flooded.
In Gangwon-do Province, a man in his 40's is reported missing after being swept away by flood water.
As of Monday, over 16-hundred people in provinces like Gyeongsang-do and Jeollanam-do have been forced to find temporary shelter.
And more than 58-hundred schools in Gyeongsang-do Province had to change their schedules or switch to remote learning.
On the island of Jeju, which in some areas received nearly 550 millimeters of rain, farmlands have been left ruined.
"60 percent of this field is damaged because it flooded and strong winds killed the carrots... which turned them black"
While Jeju saw the most rain, other parts of the country also reported flooding.
Regions in the South and East of the nation recorded more than 200 millimeters of rain.
The rain slowed down at around 5 PM on Monday.
But, wind has also been a concern.
Tens of thousands of homes were left with no power at some point during the typhoon's passing... while waves as big as buildings crashed against the shoreline.
There was property damage reported and injuries sustained from flying debris.
In addition, at Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, the turbines in two of its reactors stopped working. Fortunately, there were no signs of any radioactive materials leaking.
Kim Do-yeon, Arirang News