Typhoon dumps 3 feet of rain on South Korea, kills 6

A powerful typhoon hit South Korea Tuesday and killed six people while dropping 3 feet of rain. The deadly storm, which destroyed roads and knocked over power lines with its 96-mph winds, would have been even more destructive if not for precautionary evacuations and other proactive measures, officials said.

A road is damaged as waves hit a shore in Ulsan, South Korea, on Sept. 6.

The public was more prepared for the typhoon because a storm near Seoul caused flooding that killed 14 people only two weeks ago.

The heaviest damage occurred in city of Pohang where five people were killed and five others are still missing after heavy flooding and landslides that destroyed a number of structures.

A building is swept down in the aftermath of Typhoon Hinnamnor at a village in Pohang, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Kim Hyun-tae/)

“I woke up at 5 a.m. at because of the explosive rain, and I got really concerned because the water rose right up to my doorway,” Kim Seong-chang, a Pohang resident, said in an interview with JTBC. “The water was still thigh-high at 7 a.m. and those who parked their cars in the streets were in panic because their vehicles were submerged. … Other residents were bucketing out water from their homes.”

The extent of the damage in North Korea is unknown, but the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim Jong Un had issued “detailed tasks” for disaster response efforts.

With News Wire Services