By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
The Korean Peninsula will have two to three typhoons this summer, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) Thursday.
The weather agency said around 10 typhoons are likely to occur, a slightly smaller number than 11.2 in average years. Two or three among them are expected make landfall in Korea, similar to the annual average 2.4 typhoons hitting the peninsula.
``In an ordinary year, about four typhoons would have occurred already. But this year, there have been only two, and it is possible that the third one, which has not happened yet, will strike the Korean Peninsula,’’ a KMA staff member said.
Last year, the third typhoon of the season, Ewiniar, wreaked havoc on the nation on July 10.
Korea has a lower accuracy in predicting typhoons than the United States and Japan due to a lack of technology, but the accuracy is getting better, the weatherman said.
Last September when Typhoon Wukong hit the peninsula, the KMA predicted the exact point in time when the typhoon died down and announced the forecast before the Japanese weather agency did.
According to the KMA, it will stop raining from the central parts of the peninsula Friday. The nation will have cloudy skies Saturday, and it will rain again Sunday and Monday.
The rainy season will continue next month, but the rainy spell is forecast to subside for a while in early July. In late July, the rainy spell will leave the Korean Peninsula and hot weather will follow, though eastern parts of the nation will have temporary low temperatures.
Hot weather is expected in August, along with high chances of torrential rainfall in limited areas.