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SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island - As Typhoon Khanun loomed over the Korean Peninsula on Aug. 10, the mood at the National Typhoon Center on Jeju Island was a mixture of tension and excitement.

SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island - As Typhoon Khanun loomed over the Korean Peninsula on Aug. 10, the mood at the National Typhoon Center on Jeju Island was a mixture of tension and excitement.

The western Pacific - to the north of the equator, is a breeding ground for the largest concentration of tropical cyclones on the planet. The Philippines is the country that is most exposed to these devastating storms and is hit by twenty cyclones on average each year.

Typhoons and heavy rains have left 122 dead or missing and caused some 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) worth of property damage over the last decade in South Korea, government data showed Sunday. Of the total casualties, 76 lives were lost in 2020 and 2022, when massive typhoons and heavy rains pounded the country, including last year's Typhoon Hinnamnor that killed 28 and left two missing, according to statistics...

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Typhoons and heavy rains have left 122 dead or missing and cause...

Typhoon Hinnamnor, the 11th typhoon this year, passed South Korea on Tuesday, leaving one dead and two missing, the government said.

The storm brought heavy rain and blackouts near the southern coast, but its fast pace kept the country from experiencing the severe damage caused by floods in August.

Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest storm in decades, approached South Korea with heavy rains and strong winds, forcing the evacuation of 200 people.

A Category 5 typhoon is heading towards a nuclear plant in South Korea, leading to the plant decreasing its reactor run rates to 30 percent.

The storm crossed the southern part of the nation Tuesday before heading back out to sea. Strong rain and winds were forecast for much of the nation through the morning.