[Breaking] Typhoon No. 9 'Maysak' Strikes, People Blown Away and Transformer Explodes

Heavy Rain Moving Between Busan and Geoje... Woman in Her 40s Blown by Strong Winds Falls into River
Geoga Bridge, Gwangandaegyo Bridge, Gimhae Light Rail, Donghae Line, Eulsukdo Bridge All Stop

At around 9:25 PM on the 2nd, a traffic light broken by strong winds fell onto the road in Cheonghak-dong, Yeongdo-gu, Busan, and firefighters are clearing the scene.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Typhoon No. 9 ‘Maysak’ was so powerful that it blew a woman in her 40s walking along the road into a river.

‘Maysak,’ moving northward with heavy rain exceeding 30mm per hour and extremely strong winds, struck between Busan and Geoje, Gyeongnam. In the early morning of the 3rd, the strong gusts that hit the Busan area caused transformers to explode and sparks to occur on power lines, resulting in power outages in various locations.

According to the Busan Police, 18 power outage reports were concentrated around 12:20 a.m., and 25 city roads were closed due to strong winds and flooding. The Ilgwang-myeon area in Gijang-gun experienced a blackout around midnight, forcing residents to endure the fear of strong winds in pitch darkness. The Korea Electric Power Corporation’s emergency restoration team was dispatched, but restoration work was delayed for several hours due to the strong winds.

Around 1 a.m., the Namhae Maritime Police Agency experienced a power outage and urgently activated an emergency generator.

Earlier, at 11:59 p.m. on the 2nd, a 48-year-old woman who was blown away by the wind in Dong-gu, Busan, fell into Dongcheon, a city river. She was rescued by a 119 rescue team and transported to a hospital.

At 9:25 p.m. on the 2nd, a traffic light in front of Yeongdo-gu Office in Cheonghak-dong, Yeongdo-gu, Busan, bent like a twisted candy cane due to strong winds and fell onto the road, causing traffic control in the surrounding area.

Earlier, at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd, a full traffic control order was issued for the 20km section of the Geoga Bridge.

The power of the rain and wind is intensifying to the extent that inland detour roads must be used.

The Donghae Line electric trains between Bujeon and Ilgwang suspended operations from 7:47 p.m. Trains departing from Busan Ilgwang after 10:42 p.m. and from Bujeon after 10:47 p.m. ? six trains in both directions ? all stopped.

The Busan Police Agency began traffic control over a 1.3km section of Marine City 1-ro in Haeundae-gu starting at 8 p.m.

The police and Suyeong-gu blocked passage from the Gwangalli Eonyang Bulgogi intersection to Minrak Waterfront Park starting at 8:30 p.m. Strong waves began to hit the coastal road at Gwangalli Beach.

Following the typhoon warning, Busan Police expanded the operation of the disaster situation room. The disaster situation room, composed of five teams and 16 functions, operated as an emergency control tower to prepare for the typhoon.

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