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[STORMREPORTS] Most Powerful Typhoon in 40 Years for South Korea

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 12:12:15 EDT

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020901/ap_wo_en_po/skorea_typhoon_19

"SEOUL, South Korea - Soldiers and anti-disaster officials began repair
work Sunday after the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea ( news - web
sites) in 40 years left at least 47 people dead and 33 missing in flash
floods and landslides.

Local media reported up to 132 people dead or missing from Rusa, and said
the death toll was expected to rise further. KBS TV said 83 people were
killed and 49 others were missing.

Rusa has dumped up to 89 centimeters (36 inches) of rain over the weekend
in eastern and southern South Korea. It left the peninsula Sunday afternoon
moving across the east coast without causing further damage. Wind gusts of
up to 57 meters per second (127 miles per hour) had ripped up trees and
knocked down 7,800 electricity poles, causing a blackout for 1.16 million
households. Some 240,000 homes still had no power on Sunday, and 140,000
homes remained without telephone service. More than 17,000 houses and
buildings in low-lying areas were submerged, forcing 27,474 residents to
take shelter at public buildings and schools. Floods inundated 5,110
hectares (12,621 acres) of farm land." 

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