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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.
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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...