Typhoon Hinnamur.. horrific scenes and death toll rises in South Korea

2022-09-07 2022-09-07T07:40:46Z
رنا السيلاوي
رنا السيلاوي
محرر أخبار - قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - The authorities in South Korea announced today, Wednesday (September 7), that the death toll from Typhoon Hinnam rose to 10, after the storm hit the southern coast with strong waves and heavy rain this week.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Typhoon Hinnamnor, one of the strongest to hit the country in decades, flooded streets and buildings as it passed on Monday and Tuesday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> South Korea |<br /> Another aspect of the sinking of some cities as a result of the heavy rains associated with typhoon <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D... Hinamnor</a> <a href="https://t.co/C2VC1NpoIp">pic.twitter.com/C2VC1NpoIp</a></p> — Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1567279021691396096?ref_src=t... 6, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> South Korea |<br /> Some major cities were completely submerged as a result of being directly affected by typhoon <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D... <a href="https://t.co/42NB2X948R">pic.twitter.com/42NB2X948R</a></p> — Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1567270768865689600?ref_src=t... 6, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> South Korea |<br /> Extremely Dangerous Moments Documented for Trapped in an Underground Parking Lot!<br /> Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D... <a href="https://t.co/NA3uALvFQo">pic.twitter.com/NA3uALvFQo</a></p> — Arab Weather - Saudi Arabia (@ArabiaWeatherSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherSA/status/1567294115703824384?ref_src=t... 6, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And in the southeastern port city of Pohang - one of the worst-hit areas - seven bodies and two survivors were pulled out of the submerged underground car park of a housing complex, the central headquarters for disaster and safety measures said.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The nine were trapped after they entered the parking lot to pick up their cars during heavy rain, according to local media reports.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Search and rescue operations continued on Wednesday and authorities said two people were still missing.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Authorities said another death was confirmed in Pohang on Wednesday and another in Gyeongju, where a person was killed when a house was buried in a landslide.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The nine deaths come after the death of a 70-year-old woman who died in Pohang after being swept away by flood waters on Tuesday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Hinamnor forced more than <strong>4,700</strong> people to flee their homes in search of safety, and nearly <strong>12,000</strong> homes and buildings were destroyed.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Authorities said nearly <strong>90,000</strong> households across the country had lost power with the storm, but supplies had returned to most of them by Wednesday morning.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Before the typhoon made landfall, South Korean authorities closed more than <strong>600</strong> schools across the country as a precaution, and local airlines canceled about <strong>250</strong> domestic flights. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3l4G6Iw6Z2s" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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