Jeju Coast Guard, Holds Emergency Situation Assessment Meeting in Preparation for Typhoon

Jeju Coast Guard, Emergency Situation Assessment Meeting in Preparation for Typhoon 'Maysak'. Photo by Jeju Coast Guard

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency (Chief Kim Seongjong) anticipated that Typhoon No. 9 'Maysak' would affect Jeju Island as it moved northward, and held a situation assessment meeting at 11 a.m. on the 31st to enter a preparedness system for damage prevention and minimization.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Typhoon No. 9 'Maysak' formed at 3 p.m. on the 28th and, as of 10 a.m. on the 31st, was moving northward at a speed of 31 km/h with a central pressure of 950 hPa, maximum wind speed of 49 m/s, and a strong wind radius of 380 km, located about 470 km south of Okinawa, Japan, classified as a 'strong' typhoon.

Chief Kim Seongjong, presiding over the meeting, ordered, "We will guide vessels at sea to safely evacuate so they do not enter the typhoon's dangerous semicircle, and strengthen controls on fishing and leisure activities in coastal areas."

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