Typhoon 'Haishen' Causes 2 Missing, 5 Injured... 75,000 Households Experience Power Outage

185 Cases of Housing Damage, Over 4,500 ha of Farmland Flooded, and Numerous Facility Damages
Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3 Shut Down Due to Lightning... Some Roads and Railways Still Suspended

Due to the impact of Typhoon Haishen, the 10th typhoon, rain continues on the 7th, and the city center viewed from Yeouido, Seoul is shrouded in fog. / Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Due to the impact of Typhoon Haishen, the 10th typhoon of the season, two people went missing and five were injured nationwide. Facility damages occurred one after another, including the shutdown of two turbine generators at the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, and about 4,500 hectares of farmland were flooded.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, as of 6 a.m. on the 8th, casualties caused by Haishen were counted as two missing and five with minor injuries.

On the morning of the 7th, a man in his 40s, an employee of a limestone mining company in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, went missing after being swept away by a drainage channel, and in Uljin, Gyeongbuk Province, a resident in his 60s went missing after being caught in a rapid river current while crossing a bridge on a tractor. In Busan, one resident was slightly injured when a vehicle overturned due to strong winds, and a total of five people were injured.

Although not classified as damage caused by Haishen, one body was found in Haeundae District, Busan, and the connection to the typhoon is under investigation. In Sacheon, Gyeongnam Province, one person died after a vehicle fell into the sea, unrelated to the typhoon.

In Uljin and Geoje in Gyeongbuk, and Samcheok and Goseong in Gangwon, 103 people from 65 households were displaced, of whom 85 have not yet returned home. Due to concerns about casualties from flooding and landslides, 3,002 people from 1,998 households temporarily evacuated.

Facility damages increased to a total of 1,211 cases, including 606 public facilities and 605 private facilities. Among public facilities, turbine generators at units 2 and 3 of the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju stopped one after another on the morning of the 7th. There were 203 cases of road and bridge flooding, 15 cases of damage to port facilities such as breakwaters, 14 landslides, 14 damages to water and sewage systems, and 11 cases related to rivers.

Private facility damages included 185 cases of house flooding and damage, 39 cases involving factories and stores, and 381 cases of damage to other facilities such as signboards. The area of crop damage was estimated at 4,520 hectares.

Power outages affected 75,584 households in Daegu, Ulsan, Gyeongbuk, and Jeju, but all have now been restored.

Although all typhoon warnings have been lifted, rain continues in eastern Gyeonggi, western Gangwon, and parts of Chungcheong, causing ongoing road and railway controls and ferry cancellations.

Train operations on two railway lines, the Yeongdong Line between Cheoram and Gangneung and the Taebaek Line between Ssangyong and Baeksan, have been suspended, and ferry operations on 14 routes with 18 vessels remain restricted. In Gangwon, Gyeongbuk, and Busan, traffic is restricted on 24 general roads, and access to 526 trails in 20 national parks, including Bukhansan, Taebaeksan, and Seoraksan, is prohibited.

Fire authorities conducted 31 rescue operations until early morning, rescuing 95 people. Additionally, 8,274 personnel and 2,247 pieces of equipment were mobilized to carry out 1,226 safety measures, and water supply and drainage support of about 1,280 tons was provided at 116 locations.

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