One of the strongest storms of the year made landfall in South Korea early Tuesday, leaving the country spared the brunt of the devastation but still reeling it from flooding and severe damage. if isolated.
Typhoon Hinnamnor swept across the southeastern corner of the peninsula, killing at least two people, setting fire to a steel mill and leaving tens of thousands of people without power. This is the second major storm to hit the country in recent weeks, after the heaviest rain in decades leading to death and widespread destruction in August.
The storm formed last week and passed through East Asia, its eye speeding up as it moved across the northwestern Pacific. It brings up to 37 inches of rainfall to parts of Jeju Island, a popular vacation spot off the southern coast of the country. The worst of the floods seems to have hit Pohang, a port city and steelmaking facility in the southeast.
Here are some Korean footage of the impact left behind by Typhoon Hinnamnor.
A flooded underground parking lot in Pohang.
A tree falls in Busan, South Korea’s second largest city, after rain and high winds.
Cleaning up in Pohang after the storm.
People in the city of Gyeongju try to salvage their belongings.
A dog shelters on a roof in Seondu village, Gyeongju city.
Destroyed cars in Pohang after Tuesday’s storm.
Busan was devastated by the storm.
Choe Jun and his wife clean up their beachside restaurant in Busan, after the storm passed.
Businesses at Taehwa Market in Ulsan stack sandbags in preparation for the storm on Monday.
A boat has been moved offshore in Busan in preparation for Typhoon Hinnamnor.
Sea in Busan early Tuesday.
