Typhoon Maysak Damage: 5 Dead or Injured, 58 Displaced, 1,550 Facility Damages

2 Dead, 3 Injured... 2,834 People Urgently Evacuated
294,169 Households Power Out... 82.8% Restored
Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to Disband at 5 PM Today as Typhoon Dissipates

On the afternoon of the 3rd, a tree affected by Typhoon 'Maysak' was toppled on the campus of Changwon National University in Changwon-si, Gyeongnam. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Typhoon No. 9 'Maysak' (MAYSAK) struck, resulting in 2 deaths and 3 injuries. There were 58 displaced people, and facility damages occurred one after another.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety was lifted at 5 p.m. on the 3rd as the weather warning was canceled due to the dissipation of Typhoon Maysak.

As of 4:30 p.m. that day, the reported casualties were 1 death and 3 injuries.

After the tally, a man in his 70s was found dead in the yard of a house in Gijang-gun, Busan, bringing the total deaths caused by Maysak to 2. It is presumed that the man fell while trying to repair a leaking roof.

Earlier, a woman in her 60s died after being hit by broken glass shards while taping a veranda window in an apartment in Saha-gu, Busan.

Wind turbine damaged by the strong winds of 'Maysak'. On the afternoon of the 3rd, a wind turbine near Eden Valley Resort in Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam, was damaged. [Image source=Yonhap News]

One resident of Seo-gu, Busan, suffered lacerations on the instep and heel from broken glass. Another person was fractured after being swept by strong winds in Haeundae and hitting a breakwater. In Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, one person sustained abrasions from falling debris.

The number of displaced people is 58 from 42 households, doubling from 26 people in 21 households six hours earlier. Among them, 27 people from 23 households in Gangwon, 22 people from 11 households in Busan, 5 people from 4 households in Jeju, 2 people from 2 households in Ulsan, and 1 person each from 1 household in Jeonbuk and Gyeongnam. Of these, 47 people from 32 households have not yet returned home.

A total of 2,834 people were evacuated urgently, of whom 2,581 people from 1,640 households have returned home. The remaining 253 people from 175 households have not yet returned.

122 people were rescued by the fire department. The fire department deployed 14,397 firefighters and 4,347 pieces of equipment, supported water supply and drainage at 137 locations, and took 5,178 safety measures.

Facility damages reported totaled 1,550 cases (825 public facilities and 725 private facilities).

Three days ago, apples ready for harvest were scattered on the ground of an orchard in Jangsu-gun, Jeonbuk, due to the strong winds of Typhoon 'Maysak'. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Among public facilities, 116 roads were flooded. Additionally, 507 locations of roadside trees (412), traffic signals (38), streetlights (21), and utility poles (36) were knocked down.

The four reactors at the Shin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant lost external power supply and automatically shut down, activating emergency generators. Fortunately, no radioactive material leakage was reported.

Furthermore, 76 houses collapsed and 40 were submerged. Sixteen vehicles were flooded, and 24 vessels were sunk, capsized, or damaged.

Also, 146 signboards were blown away, and 44 building exterior walls were damaged. Greenhouses and crops also suffered damage.

Nationwide, power supply was cut off to 294,169 households: 110,429 in Busan and Ulsan, 63,073 in Daegu, 40,752 in Jeju, and 26,210 in Gyeongbuk. Among these, power has been restored to 243,719 households (82.8%), and 50,450 households are expected to be normalized within the day.

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