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Typhoon Nanmadol brushes past nation's southern region

Steel towers at an outdoor golf facility on Geoje Island in South Gyeongsang Province collapsed Monday morning under heavy winds generated by Typhoon Nanmadol. Yonhap2 people injured, some 7,000 households experience power outages By Ko Dong-hwanTyphoon Nanmadol, which made landfall in southern Japan early Monday morning and pummeled the country, brushed past Korea's southern region. Heavy rain and strong winds forced schools to go online and hundreds of residents were evacuated. As of Monday night, two people were injured and over 7,000 households experienced brief power outages. Reported damages were concentrated in Gyeongsang and Gangwon provinces, as of Monday evening. Strong winds ripped off parts of houses, destroyed electric wires on street poles cutting off power for households and knocked down trees lining streets. Most of the damage stemmed from strong winds rather than rain, according to fire departments and emergency centers in the affected regions.A fire department in North Gyeongsang Province received over 40 reports of damage from cities and counties, including Pohang,

Sep 19, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Typhoon Nanmadol brushes past nation's southern region

PM urges tight vigilance against Typhoon Nanmadol

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo presides over a meeting at the government complex in Seoul, Sept. 19. YonhapPrime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday called for the highest vigilance against the potential impact of the approaching powerful Typhoon Nanmadol.Han made the remarks as he presided over a meeting with related officials to check the country's preparedness, with the typhoon projected to hit the nation's southeastern part later in the day. Han said Monday morning would be the "critical moment of the typhoon," warning that the typhoon was approaching Korea with strong rain and wind. The government will "mobilize all available resources in the event of an emergency recovery situation," Han said. The government has tightened up anti-disaster readiness by putting itself into official emergency mode. Passenger ships and flights have been suspended in southern parts of the country likely to be affected by the typhoon, with authorities restricting access to major mountain parks, like Mount Halla on the southern resort island of Jeju. (Yonhap)

Sep 19, 2022
PM urges tight vigilance against Typhoon Nanmadol
  • 1 person injured, hundreds evacuated as Typhoon Nanmadol nears

1 person injured, hundreds evacuated as Typhoon Nanmadol nears

This photo from fire authorities shows firefighters tending a tree that fell over in the wake of Typhoon Nanmadol in Ulsan, Sept. 19. YonhapStrong winds brought on by Typhoon Nanmadol have toppled trees and caused power outages in southeastern Korea, leaving one person injured and hundreds others evacuated, officials said Monday. With a central atmospheric pressure of 960 hectopascals and a maximum wind speed of 39 meters per second (mps), this year's 14th typhoon was moving north from near Japan's Kagoshima at a speed of 18 kilometers per hour as of 6 a.m., according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.Nanmadol is expected to come closest to the southeastern port city of Busan at 10 a.m. before moving out to waters west of Japan's Osaka at 3 p.m.The typhoon has brought some 50 millimeters of rains in Korea's southeastern Gyeongsang region, including Busan and Ulsan. Busan was experiencing strong winds of up to 33.9 mps.This photo from fire authorities shows firefighters inspecting traffic lights that fell over in the wake of Typhoon Nanmadol in Ulsan, Sep

Sep 19, 2022
1 person injured, hundreds evacuated as Typhoon Nanmadol nears
  • PM urges tight vigilance against Typhoon Nanmadol

PM Han calls for tight vigilance against Typhoon Nanmadol

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo speaks during a meeting with related officials for Korea's preparedness against Typhoon Nanmandol at the Government Complex in Seoul, Sunday. / Yonhap South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo instructed government officials Sunday not to allow even a "single moment of carelessness" as they are bracing for the potential impact of an approaching typhoon.Han presided over a meeting with related officials to check the country's preparedness, with Typhoon Nanmadol projected to reach waters close to Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday and then move northeast along the island country."Due to the very large radius of the typhoon's strong winds, it is expected to have a big impact on our country as well," Han said during the meeting at the Government Complex in Seoul."Especially, I call on the provincial governments, which suffered much damage previously due to Typhoon Hinnamnor, to make preparations with greater attention.”The government tight

Sep 18, 2022
PM Han calls for tight vigilance against Typhoon Nanmadol

Typhoon Nanmadol veers off course for Korea

The southern coast of Jeju Island brims with high waves, Sunday, as Typhoon Nanmadol approaches the country from the south. YonhapBy Ko Dong-hwanJust two weeks after Korea reeled under Typhoon Hinnamnor, a super typhoon that hit the southern parts of the country, another large-scale typhoon was headed northbound.The typhoon was expected to impact Jeju Island and the southern regions of Korea but it veered off eastbound earlier than previously forecast, moving farther away from Jeju, according to the KMA on Sunday evening. But the typhoon was still expected to maintain its intensity until late Sunday, generating heavy rain and strong winds.Typhoon Nanmadol arrived some 10 kilometers southeast of the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima as of 7 p.m. on Sunday, with wind speeds peaking at 49 meters per second. The typhoon's eye was about 430 kilometers south of Jeju Island's southern Seogwipo City and Busan. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) forecast the typhoon's eye to reach some 520 kilometers southwest of Osaka and turn eastward Monday morning around 6 a.m., putting most of

Sep 18, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Typhoon Nanmadol veers off course for Korea

Typhoon Nanmadol to bring powerful winds, rains from Sunday

This photo shows Typhoon Nanmadol moving near Okinawa, Japan, as of Friday afternoon. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) predicted southern areas of South Gyeongsang Province and Jeju Island to come under the influence of the typhoon starting from Sunday. Courtesy of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)By Lee Hyo-jin Typhoon Nanmadol, the 14th tropical storm of this year, is expected to approach the Korean Peninsula this Sunday, bringing powerful winds and rainfall to the southern areas of South Gyeongsang Province and Jeju Island, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).The state weather agency said the typhoon was traveling at a speed of 12 kilometers per hour over waters some 860 kilometers southeast of Okinawa, Japan, as of 9 a.m. Friday. It is expected to make landfall on the Japanese island of Kyushu next Monday.The tropical cyclone has a central atmospheric pressure of 955 hectopascals and a maximum wind speed of 40 meters per second, qualifying as a "strong" typhoon, the second-highest level in the KMA's four-tier system.As it approaches the

Sep 16, 2022By Lee Hyo-jin
Typhoon Nanmadol to bring powerful winds, rains from Sunday

Seoul City, Mapo District at odds over new waste incineration plant

A grabber crane works on dumped waste at an incineration plant in Sangam, Mapo District, in Seoul, Sept. 2021. Korea Times fileDispute over site selection turns into wrangling between ruling and main opposition parties By Ko Dong-hwanThe introduction of a new waste incineration plant in Seoul's Mapo District has placed the city and district government at odds with each other.While the district, which already has an incineration plant, is against having another one, the city government says it has chosen the spot according to a fair and official procedure. Since the city government announced the plan on Aug. 31, the district's head as well as residents have been up in arms to protest it. On Sept. 11, hundreds of Mapo residents gathered at the site for the new facility in Sangam-dong and rallied against the project to build the second incineration plant in their neighborhood. Sangam already has a resource recovery facility ― burning 750 tons of waste each day collected from Mapo and four nearby districts of Jongno, Jung, Yongsan and Seodaemun ― next to which the city government plans t

Sep 14, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Seoul City, Mapo District at odds over new waste incineration plant

$189 mil. wasted executing renewable energy projects during Moon gov't

gettyimagesbankBy Nam Hyun-wooMore than 260 billion won ($189 million) of taxpayer funds was wasted through the improper execution of power generation businesses during the previous Moon Jae-in administration, mostly those involving solar or other renewable energy sources, a government investigation outcome showed Tuesday. According to the government joint corruption prevention task force at the Office of Government Policy Coordination (OPC), 261.6 billion won from a government-run electricity infrastructure fund was found to have been paid out or loaned to illegally installed power generation projects and projects that submitted fraudulent or manipulated information in 12 municipalities. The amount accounted for 12.5 percent of a total of 2.1 trillion won paid from the fund to assist power generation projects in the regions. The fraudulent cases mostly involved solar power generation projects, such as loans extended to install fake agricultural facilities under the solar power facilities so as to abide by the law that farmland must be cultivated, contracts with unregistered solar po

Sep 13, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
$189 mil. wasted executing renewable energy projects during Moon gov't

More typhoons feared to hit Korea

A tropical depression, bottom left in orange and red, which will be this year's 14th, to be named Nanmadol if becomes active, approaches Korea's southern coast in this forecast image for the night of Sunday, Sept. 18. Screenshot from Windy.comBy Lee Hae-rinForecasts show that more typhoons could become active and approach the Korean Peninsula, putting the country on edge shortly after Typhoon Hinnamnor devastated the southern part of the country last week. Typhoon Muifa, the 12th tropical storm this year, was moving eastward over waters 310 kilometers southeast of Taipei as of Monday at 3 p.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).The tropical storm was moving slowly at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour with a central pressure of 965 hectopascals and winds reaching up to 37 meters per second. It was classified as “strong,” the third-highest level in the KMA's four-tier system ― strong enough to derail a train. The weather agency forecast the storm to move towards China and reach the eastern coast off Shanghai on Thursday. It is not expected to hit Ko

Sep 12, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
More typhoons feared to hit Korea

2 rescued, 7 found in cardiac arrest from submerged parking garage in Pohang

A man who went missing in the inundated underground parking lot of an apartment building in the southeastern city of Pohang is rescued, Sept. 6. YonhapNine 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. This photo shows rescue workers at the site of the inundated underground parking lot of an apartment building in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern Korea, Sept. 6, after eight residents went missing following the torrential rains caused by by Typhoon Hinnamnor that hit the region. YonhapRescue workers searched the flooded garage and pulled the nine people out of the water.The two survivors ― a 39-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman ― were rescued bet

Sep 7, 2022
2 rescued, 7 found in cardiac arrest from submerged parking garage in Pohang
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