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At least one person died and another went missing after tropical Storm Typhoon Khanun hit the southeastern city of South Korea's Daegu on Thursday amid the heavy rain. Typhoon Khanun in South Korea: One Dead, Another Missing After Tropical Storm Hits Daegu.
The storm delivered heavy rain as it slowly plowed across the country, but its strength increasingly diminished as it moved deeper inland. Khanun was generating maximum wind speeds of 72 kilometers per hour (45 miles per hour), compared to around 129 kph (80 mph) at the point of landfall.
More than 16,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.
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