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Under overcast skies all day, rain and strong winds lashed Jeju Island and the southern regions. This was due to the influence of Typhoon Champi, which passed near Taiwan. Rain is forecast to continue until Monday.
Reporter Park Ha-jeong has the details.
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Rain is fiercely driven by howling winds.
A tree uprooted by strong winds crushed a parked car, and a boat securely moored at a port flooded and listed to one side.
These are the traces left by Typhoon Champi, the 30th typhoon, which approached waters about 170 kilometers east of Taipei, Taiwan, at around 9:00 AM today (October 24) with winds of 34 meters per second.
In Taiwan, one person was swept away by waves and died, more than 160 people were injured, over 70,000 households suffered power outages, and all domestic flights were canceled.
Typhoon Champi is moving northward toward the vicinity of Kagoshima, Japan, and is expected to pass about 210 kilometers south-southeast of Seogwipo at around 3:00 AM the day after tomorrow, making its closest approach to Jeju.
Mountainous areas in Jeju, which fell under the indirect influence of the typhoon, have received more than 200 millimeters of heavy rain from yesterday until now.
Heavy rain and strong wind advisories have been issued centering on mountainous areas and Seogwipo, and with high wave warnings also added, 10 passenger ships were canceled at Jeju Port for the day today.
Flights at Jeju International Airport are operating normally.
Rain is forecast to fall further until the day after tomorrow, with over 200 millimeters more in Jeju Island and over 100 millimeters along the south coast of Gyeongsangnam-do.
The Korea Meteorological Administration expects the rain to stop by Monday afternoon, after which temperatures will gradually drop, bringing the morning low in Seoul down to 3°C (37°F) by Wednesday morning, marking the coldest morning this autumn.
[Video Editing: Lee Sang-min | Design: Kim Ye-ji, Park Cheon-woong]
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