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Strong wind, heavy rain kill 1 as typhoon pounds Koreas
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September 18, 2012, Tuesday
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A powerful typhoon lashed the two Koreas with strong wind and heavy rain yesterday, killing at least one person, leaving dozens of others homeless and cutting power to many homes and businesses in the South Korea.
In North Korea, rain drenched parts of the country, including the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, but did not reach the capital, Pyongyang, which was windy yesterday but was spared the heavy rains that lashed the South Korean capital Seoul.
Typhoon Sanba, which battered southern South Korea around midday, was pushing northward and expected to move into eastern waters later in the day.
Sanba knocked out power to about 26,900 homes and shops in South Korea, the state-run National Emergency Management Agency said. The storm also forced cancellations of about 330 flights and 170 ferries, it said. Huge waves battered the southern coast.
A 50-year-old woman died in a landslide in southeastern South Korea, and another woman was injured in a separate landslide, agency officials said. More than 170 people were left homeless, they said.
Before reaching South Korea, the storm hit Japan. About 67,000 homes in southwestern Japan lost power and some areas flooded. A man drowned on Sunday while swimming in high waves off the southern Japanese island of Ishigaki, according to the coast guard.
In North Korea, which reported heavy casualties from another powerful typhoon last month, any heavy rain is a worry. There weren't any immediate official reports about whether yesterday's typhoon caused any injuries or damage.
State media said that storm, Typhoon Bolaven, killed 59 people and left 50 missing and 26,320 homeless. About 51,600 hectares of farmland were flooded, buried or washed away, the official Korean Central News Agency said last Friday.
In North Korea, rain drenched parts of the country, including the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, but did not reach the capital, Pyongyang, which was windy yesterday but was spared the heavy rains that lashed the South Korean capital Seoul.
Typhoon Sanba, which battered southern South Korea around midday, was pushing northward and expected to move into eastern waters later in the day.
Sanba knocked out power to about 26,900 homes and shops in South Korea, the state-run National Emergency Management Agency said. The storm also forced cancellations of about 330 flights and 170 ferries, it said. Huge waves battered the southern coast.
A 50-year-old woman died in a landslide in southeastern South Korea, and another woman was injured in a separate landslide, agency officials said. More than 170 people were left homeless, they said.
Before reaching South Korea, the storm hit Japan. About 67,000 homes in southwestern Japan lost power and some areas flooded. A man drowned on Sunday while swimming in high waves off the southern Japanese island of Ishigaki, according to the coast guard.
In North Korea, which reported heavy casualties from another powerful typhoon last month, any heavy rain is a worry. There weren't any immediate official reports about whether yesterday's typhoon caused any injuries or damage.
State media said that storm, Typhoon Bolaven, killed 59 people and left 50 missing and 26,320 homeless. About 51,600 hectares of farmland were flooded, buried or washed away, the official Korean Central News Agency said last Friday.
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