태풍 하이선 동해안 따라 북상…강풍 피해 속출
Our top story this afternoon.
Another tropical storm has arrived in South Korea.
Typhoon Haishen is 30 kilometers south of Ulsan, and it'll soon be moving along the country's east coast.
Our Jang Tae-hyun is at a beach in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.
Tae-hyun, how's it looking down there?
Good afternoon, Mark.
Typhoon Haishen has hit the southern part of the country, flooding the streets and even collapsing parts of some buildings.
Some parts of Pohang have lost electricity, and people have been advised to evacuate.
As of 7 AM today, some 600 people in the Gyeongsangnam-do Province have had to find temporary shelter.
The typhoon was expected to pass right through the middle of South Korea, but forecasters now expect it to make landfall on the east coast of the Gyeongsang-do Provinces.
The Korean weather agency says after the typhoon gets to the northeast of Busan,... it will then pass through the East Sea, moving north.
By 3 PM today, it will be 60 kilometers east of Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province and will head to North Korea by midnight.
Busan is expecting 100 to 300 millimeters of rain and wind speeds of up to about 145 kilometers an hour,... strong enough to send rocks flying and flip over cars.
The country raised the typhoon alert to its highest level as of Sunday 7 PM.
Along with the warning, authorities advised safety measures to protect people, especially those living in low-lying coastal areas and those vulnerable to landslides.
People in the affected areas should refrain from going out and take extra safety precautions.
I'll be back with more updates.
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