China News Service, September 3, according to Korean media reports, after typhoon No. 9 "Mesaq" landed on the south coast of South Korea via Jeju on the 2nd, it swept across the eastern part of the Korean peninsula such as Busan, Yeongnam, and Gangwon. Disasters occurred in various parts of South Korea. .
At present, "Mesaac" has caused one death and 22 people have been affected.
According to preliminary statistics released by the South Korea’s Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 3rd, as of 6 am local time, "Mesaac" had caused one death, 22 disasters, and more than 2,000 people were transferred.
On September 2, local time, the super typhoon "Mesaac" affected South Korea, which caused huge waves off Seogwipo, Jeju Island.
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At about 1:35 am on the 3rd, the window of an apartment in Shaha District, Busan City was damaged. A woman in her 60s was stabbed by glass shards and died.
Affected by the transit of "Mesaq", 858 facilities in South Korea were damaged, including 295 public facilities and 563 private facilities, and more than 120,000 households had power outages.
The operation of Unit 4 of the Xinguri Nuclear Power Plant was suspended in public facilities.
According to reports, the nuclear power plant was automatically shut down due to an abnormal external power supply, and no radioactive material leakage occurred.
In terms of traffic, 95 highways in Busan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Jeollanam-do, and Daegu have implemented traffic control, and 40 trains on 6 railways from Dongdaegu to Busan on the Gyeongbu Line were suspended.
In addition, 614 mountain roads in 22 national parks including Bukhansan Mountain are prohibited from entering and exiting.