PHOTOS Typhoon Soulik blasts Jeju Island
Typhoon Soulik felled this street lamp in Daepo-dong, Jeju Island. Yonhap
By Jung Hae-myoung
One person is missing after Typhoon Soulik struck Jeju Island's second-largest city Seogwipo on Thursday, leaving a wide trail of destruction.
The missing person, identified by the surname Park, 23, and another were swept away by waves near a cascade in the city on Wednesday evening. The other person managed to get out of the water.
The typhoon also uprooted trees and felled telephone and utility poles. The storm is moving north to Busan, where it is expected to make landfall.
A tree was broken mid-trunk in Seogwipo, Jeju Island. Yonhap
Palm trees were some of the typhoon's casualties. Yonhap.
A metal median barrier buckled under the storm's full force. Yonhap.
A stream rages thanks to heavy rain caused by Typhoon Soulik. Yonhap.
Typhoon Soulik flooded roads in downtown Seogwipo. Yonhap.
Signs crashed down after Typhoon Soulik whipped the island. Yonhap.
Fences were destroyed at a construction site on Jeju Island. Yonhap
High waves crash toward Haeundae Beach, Busan. Yonhap