Typhoon Hinnamnor batterss South Korea; 7 drown in underground car park

Authorities said that thousands of people have been displaced and at least 10 people have perished as a result of Typhoon Hinnamor’s Tuesday destruction of South Korea’s southern industrial regions.

According to a report from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Wednesday, seven of the fatalities were recorded from one inundated parking lot beneath a residential complex in the nation’s southeast port city of Pohang.

According to the ministry report, the seven persons were attempting to transfer their vehicles when they became caught by rising floods.

A destroyed automobile was being dragged out of an underground garage when muddy floods blocked its entry, as shown by local station YTN.

Two individuals are still unaccounted for following the strong storm, while another person perished after being buried in a house in Gyeongju that was struck by a landslide.

As rescue efforts continue and the military mobilizes amphibious vehicles, the number of victims might increase.

With gusts exceeding 154 km/h (just over 95 mph), the violent storm struck with wind speeds comparable to a Category 2 hurricane.

Around 4:50 in the morning, the storm made landfall. Before departing the peninsula at roughly 7:10 a.m., the storm battered the industrial cities of Pohang, Gyeongju, and Ulsan in the southeast with high winds and torrential rain. officials informed CNN on Tuesday at local time.

More than 66,000 houses lost power, with 45% of service restored as of 3 p.m., and 2,900 people were evacuated, largely in the south of the country. time zone.

Numerous flights were canceled by the typhoon, along with commercial and educational activities.
The typhoon-related power loss at POSCO’s Pohang factory resulted in a brief byproduct gas emission, according to POSCO, a South Korean steel manufacturer.

Despite sections of its plant being underwater, Ulsan-based shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries claimed there were no significant damages. To prevent damage, several of its ships were transferred to the west coast; they would come home on Thursday.

According to a representative for Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, there have been no accidents at the shipyard in the neighboring city of Changwon thus far, and work was paused on Tuesday morning as scheduled.

Although most of South Korea’s typhoon warnings have been withdrawn, President Yoon Suk-yeol reportedly encouraged authorities to take measures until the typhoon has entirely passed.
North Korea, which is next door, also prepared for storm damage by holding a two-day conference to discuss disaster prevention efforts and releasing water from a dam close to its border with South Korea.

South Korea has encouraged the North on several occasions to give warning before releasing water from the dam because doing so may cause floods downstream, but Pyongyang has resisted.