Typhoon Kong-rey leaves 2 dead, 1 missing

More than 200 millimeters of rain poured into Yeongdoek, North Gyeongsang Province, Saturday, leaving houses, shopping streets and sewages flooded. Yonhap (Provided by a reader)

Typhoon Kong-rey has left two people dead and one missing, displaced hundreds of people and caused power outages to more than 61,000 households across the country, the state disaster management agency said Saturday.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said the typhoon, which left the Korean Peninsula earlier in the day, killed a 66-year-old man while he was crossing a bridge in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, just south of Seoul.

An 83-year-old man was also found dead, having earlier gone missing in Yeongdeok, North Geyongsang Province, 350 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

A 76-year-old man is still listed as missing after he slipped on a river barrage and was washed away in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, 370 kilometers south of Seoul.

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon expressed his wish for the safe return of the missing.

In Gangneung (Gangwon Province), Samcheok (Gangwon Province), Pohang (North Gyeongsang Province), Hadong (South Gyeongsang Province) and Hapcheon (South Gyeongsang Province), a total of 359 people in 225 households were displaced. In Busan, North Gyeongsang Province and on Jeju Island, 500 houses were inundated.

Across the country, 61,437 households suffered power outages, but power has been restored to them as of 6 p.m.

The latest typhoon moved out of the peninsula via Pohang at around 12:40 p.m.

A road in Sinji-myeon, Wando County, South Jeolla Province, had been destroyed due to the impact of the Typhoon Kong Ray, Saturday. Yonhap (Provided by a reader)