Tag: typhoon

2,500 Korean Tourists Evacuated from Typhoon Ravaged Guam

| May 30, 2023

The island of Guam was hit recently by a massive typhoon that caused the Korean tourists on the island to be trapped there for almost a week. They are now being evacuated from the island:

South Korean tourists stranded on Guam will return home as the international airport on the island resumed operation Monday afternoon after closure due to a powerful typhoon, airline officials said. 

The country’s four carriers — Korean Air Co., Jeju Air Co., Jin Air Co. and T’way Air — said they have resumed flights to bring back Korean tourists starting Monday, as the Guam airport reopens at 2 p.m. (Korean time) or 3 p.m. (local time) on the same day.

The carriers plan to send a total of 11 passenger jets to Guam on Monday to bring about 2,500 Korean travelers home, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. 

Those planes are expected to arrive at the airport in Guam from Monday to Tuesday.

Yonhap

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Seven People Die Trying to Save Cars in Flooded Parking Garage in Pohang

| September 8, 2022

It is amazing how many people died trying to save cars that could have easily been repaired or fixed with insurance:

Rescue workers carry a survivor out of the flooded underground parking lot of an apartment building in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Sept. 6, 2022, after nine residents went missing following the torrential rains caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor that hit the region. (Yonhap)

Nine people have been pulled from a flooded parking garage in the southeastern city of Pohang, two of them alive, with the seven others having died after being found in cardiac arrest, as the search continued for any remaining victims in the wake of Typhoon Hinnamnor.

All of them had been trapped in the underground parking lot at an apartment complex in Pohang, about 270 km southeast of Seoul, after going there to move their cars amid heavy downpours brought on by the typhoon.

Rescue workers searched the flooded garage and pulled the nine people out of the water.

Yonhap

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Picture of the Day: Getting the Dinosaurs Ready for Incoming Typhoon

| September 5, 2022
Preparations against Typhoon Hinnamnor
Preparations against Typhoon Hinnamnor
A dinosaur model is roped down to prevent possible damage from Typhoon Hinnamnor at the Haenam Uhangri Dinosaur Museum in the southern county of Haenam, 423 kilometers south of Seoul, in South Jeolla Province, in this photo provided by the county office on Sept. 3, 2022. Typhoon Hinnamnor is forecast to land on the southern part of the country on Sept. 6. (Yonhap)

South Korea Prepares for Arrival of Super Typhoon Hinnamnor

| September 5, 2022

Hopefully everyone in South Korea takes this typhoon seriously, prepares, and stays in doors during its arrival. Likewise the Yoon administration has got to be fully engaged with relief efforts or the political opposition and media will “Katrina” him just months into his Presidency:

President Yoon Suk-yeol presides over a meeting on the government’s readiness against Typhoon Hinnamnor at the crisis management center of the presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 4, 2022, in this photo provided by his office. 

Typhoon Hinnamnor is forecast to reach waters off Jeju Island this week as a “super strong” typhoon, the strongest on a four-tier scale, the state weather agency said Sunday.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the typhoon, the 11th this year, is expected to arrive 460 kilometers south-southwest of the southern island of Jeju around 9 a.m. Monday, with an atmospheric pressure of 920 hectopascals at its center and a maximum wind speed of 54 meters per second.

Typhoons are classified into four categories, from medium to strong, very strong and super strong.

Super strong refers to typhoons with a maximum wind speed of at least 54 meters per second.

By 9 p.m. Monday, Typhoon Hinnamnor is forecast to reach waters 180 km south-southwest of Jeju as a “very strong” typhoon before moving further north to 20 km north-northwest of the southeastern port city of Busan by 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to the KMA.

The typhoon’s strength when it reaches Busan is forecast to weaken to “strong,” with an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals at its center and a maximum wind speed of 43 meters per second, making it the strongest typhoon ever to make landfall in South Korea.

Yonhap

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