His office is on 24-hour emergency duty from Wednesday, Yonhap News reported, citing an unidentified official at the presidential office. President Yoon Suk Yeol said in an emergency meeting Tuesday that the government should make all-out efforts to minimize potential casualties. Public transport is likely to be suspended if the storm causes severe rain and wind, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said. local time Wednesday, according to the tracking service. Khanun caused power outages in Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture and closed financial markets and schools in Taipei as it churned across the region last week.Ībout 300 flights had been canceled at major airports in South Korea by 4 p.m. are among major companies in South Korea already taking precautions for the storm’s arrival. and state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. said two operations in Kyushu were temporarily stopped. Toyota Motor Corp.’s Kyushu unit halted production Wednesday at its Miyata plant in Japan’s southern Fukuoka prefecture, while Nissan Motor Co. “We want to emphasize the need for thorough preparation and precaution ahead of the typhoon.” “Extremely powerful wind and torrential rain will be expected in all parts of the country,” Park Jung Min, a forecaster at the administration, told reporters. The typhoon is forecast to be about 40 kilometers east-southeast of Seoul by late Thursday, before it travels north toward Pyongyang by early Friday. Khanun is gaining momentum as it approaches South Korea’s southern coast and is expected to make landfall Thursday near the southern port city of Tongyeong with maximum speeds of 126 kilometers per hour (78 miles per hour), according to the administration. The nation hasn’t previously experienced a tropical cyclone that’s cut through the interior and crossed into North Korea, according to records that date back to 1951, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Wednesday. (Bloomberg) - South Korean authorities warned Typhoon Khanun is on track to deliver an “extremely powerful” impact amid forecasts it will barrel up the country toward Seoul, the capital that’s home to about half the country’s population.
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