At least five people were killed in South Korea as Typhoon Chaba struck the country's southern region with strong winds and heavy rains over the week, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security said Thursday.
Five fatalities have been reported as of early Thursday, with another five people missing in the southern cities of Busan, Ulsan, as well as on the country's resort island of Jeju, state news agency (Yonhap) reported.
Nearly 229,000 households in the typhoon-hit region experienced a blackout although almost all were restored by Thursday morning, it said. The typhoon also damaged crops at some 7,500 hectares of farmland and inundated 508 houses along with another thousand vehicles, according to the ministry.
It said 198 people from 90 households have been evacuated from their homes due to the flooding. All domestic sea routes are now operating normally, but those to Tsushima and Fukuoka in Japan are still restricted, the ministry added.
Source : QNA
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