Typhoon Warning Issued in Busan at 11 PM... Traffic Controls Expanding to 37 Locations Including Downtown, Chilly Night Before the Typhoon

Typhoon Hinnamnor is moving northward, causing the Choryang 1 Underpass in Dong-gu, Busan to be closed. [Image source=Busan Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] As Typhoon Hinamno, predicted to have tremendous destructive power, approaches, a typhoon warning was issued for the Busan area at 11 PM.

Starting from the afternoon of the 5th, rain and wind began to blow, and 25 locations within Busan city were sequentially subjected to traffic control.

According to the Busan Police Agency, from 3 PM that day, traffic routes to six ecological parks were blocked. Traffic control was implemented on the entrances to Gangbyeon-daero and Nakdong-daero, and around 4:40 PM, the entrance to Gongsu Village in Gijang-gun was closed.

At 4:45 PM, a 2 km section from Minrakhoe Center in Namcheon-dong to Suyeonggyo Bridge was closed, and around 5:30 PM, a 750 m section from Eonyang Samgeori to Mannam Square was blocked.

At 7 PM, a 1 km section from Hyatt Hotel to Hanil Ordu in Marine City, Haeundae, was subjected to traffic control, and at 7:40 PM, about 600 m from Amnam Hillstate to the Marine Cable Car in Seo-gu Deungdae was closed.

As the typhoon moved northward toward the Korean Peninsula that day, 14 additional locations were controlled. At 11 PM, five underground passages in Gangseo-gu?Daesang, Geumho, Myeongji Dongjin, Myeongji, and Bongnim?were closed to traffic.

In Dong-gu, three locations including Choryang 1, 2, and Busanjin underground passages were controlled, and in Dongnae-gu, at 10 PM, three bridges under Oncheoncheon?Sebyeong, Yeonan, and Suyeonggyo?were closed to traffic. At 11 PM, three underground passages?Anrak, Ujangchun, and Naeseong?were also closed.

As of 11 PM, among the 112 typhoon damage reports received by the Busan Police Agency, there were no unusual incidents, but with heavy rain and wind in the Busan area, the city is facing a bleak typhoon eve.

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