One person died and another went missing in South Korea’s southeastern city of Daegu on Thursday amid heavy rainfall and strong winds brought by Typhoon Khanun, as it also caused flooding, landslides and extensive facility damage across the nation following its landing on the southeastern coast in the morning, according to Yonhap News Agency.
Khanun, which landed on the southeastern coast near Geoje at 9:20 a.m., was cutting through the inland regions longitudinally and is expected to reach 40 kilometers east-southeast of Seoul around 9 p.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).
The typhoon also forced the cancellations of 355 flights at 14 airports, 161 KTX high-speed trains and 251 regular trains, and the closures of 490 roads, 166 coastal areas, 178 sea routes and 21 national parks nationwide.
A total of 1,579 kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools suspended or curtailed classes, or shifted to online classes due to the typhoon, while 10,641 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters as of 11 a.m., according to government figures.
The expected path of Khanun is unprecedented as it is to become the first to pass through the Korean Peninsula from south to north since recordkeeping began in 1951. Thus it may stay over South Korea for about 15 hours.