Beijing
Typhoon causes 1.3 billion USD in damage in S.Korea
www.chinaview.cn 2003-09-15 17:30

¡@¡@SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Typhoon Maemi caused an estimated 1.5 trillion won (1.28 billion US dollars) in damage in South Korea with 115 people dead or missing, according to South Korea Central Anti-Disaster Headquarters (CADH).

¡@¡@The CADH said 87 people were confirmed dead and 28 were still missing as of Monday.

¡@¡@Typhoon Maemi also damaged 774 roads, 27 bridges, 16,356 hectares of greenhouses and submerged 17,420 hectares of farmland. It also left 8,938 people homeless.

¡@¡@A total of 465 vessels were destroyed or stranded since the arrival of Typhoon Maemi, which brought winds of up to 60 meters per second.

¡@¡@Five nuclear power plants in east coast have yet to recover completely due to a breakdown of power lines, although electricity had been restored to most of the 1.4 million households in the southeastern part of the nation, which suffered blackouts for days.

¡@¡@Telecommunications authorities said they finished repair work of 2,494 relay stations of the total 3,063 stations affected by strong winds or flooding.

¡@¡@Most of the expressways and roads damaged by floods had been repaired.

¡@¡@Typhoon Maemi landed South Korean last Friday night and left the country early last Saturday. Enditem ¡@


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