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Typhoon Barbie from the coast of Taiwan passes the sea of ​​Okinawa, Japan and heads north toward our west sea. The whole country will be directly affected by the typhoon from the day after tomorrow, starting with Jeju Island tomorrow (25th).

Reporter Jeong Gu-hee reports.

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Typhoon Barbie is currently heading north at a speed of 9 km/h from the sea 270 km west of Okinawa, Japan.

It has a radius of 270 km and is still a small typhoon, but its power is rapidly increasing as it absorbs hot water vapor.

The typhoon is expected to develop into a strong medium-sized typhoon during the day, and the day after tomorrow is expected to grow to the level of a very strong typhoon.

The typhoon is expected to pass through the western sea of ​​Jeju Island around 2pm on Wednesday and the west sea of ​​Gyeonggi-do on Thursday morning.

From tomorrow night, Jeju Island will begin to be affected by typhoons, and the southern coast will be indirectly affected.

In particular, strong winds of up to 216 km are expected to blow on the coast of Jeju Island and Honam due to the typhoon, and the waves will be very high in the sea.

From Wednesday to Thursday, the whole country is expected to be directly affected by the typhoon.

From Wednesday, due to the typhoon, it is expected to rain 100-300mm in Jeju Island and Mt.

The Meteorological Administration said that although the center of the typhoon mainly passes through the West Sea, Korea will be placed on the right side, which is a dangerous class member of the typhoon.