S. Korea reports 3 deaths from Typhoon Lingling; flights resume at airports
- 5 years ago
태풍 '링링'으로 3명사망•16만가구 정전...인천•제주공항 정상화
Typhoon Lingling has left the Korean Peninsula and is now moving over to Russia's Far East.
In South Korea, it's left 3 people dead and a dozen injured,... and caused some property damage.
The government is providing help to those affected,... while flights and ferries will go back to operating normally.
Our Choi Si-young has the details.
As of Sunday morning Typhoon Lingling was near Vladivostok, Russia, having passed over North Korea.
It's moving northeast and is expected to dissipate later in the afternoon.
In South Korea, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said this morning that the storm led to three deaths and injured at least twelve people, but the number of injured could go up.
One hundred-and-sixty-thousand households experienced blackouts, 94 percent of which have had their power restored.
There were about thirty-six hundred cases of damage to buildings,... and vast areas of farmland were also affected.
Flights are now taking off and landing at Incheon and Jeju International Airports, and ferries to and from Jeju-do Island were set to resume this morning as well.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.
Typhoon Lingling has left the Korean Peninsula and is now moving over to Russia's Far East.
In South Korea, it's left 3 people dead and a dozen injured,... and caused some property damage.
The government is providing help to those affected,... while flights and ferries will go back to operating normally.
Our Choi Si-young has the details.
As of Sunday morning Typhoon Lingling was near Vladivostok, Russia, having passed over North Korea.
It's moving northeast and is expected to dissipate later in the afternoon.
In South Korea, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said this morning that the storm led to three deaths and injured at least twelve people, but the number of injured could go up.
One hundred-and-sixty-thousand households experienced blackouts, 94 percent of which have had their power restored.
There were about thirty-six hundred cases of damage to buildings,... and vast areas of farmland were also affected.
Flights are now taking off and landing at Incheon and Jeju International Airports, and ferries to and from Jeju-do Island were set to resume this morning as well.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.