Typhoon Nanmadol, which made landfall on southern Japan early Monday morning, also scathed the southern Korean region with heavy rain and strong winds, forcing schools there to go online and residents to evacuate. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who has been overseeing the emergency operations situation while President Yoon Suk-yeol is on an official overseas trip, warned of severe damage to the country. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who has been overseeing the emergency operations situation while President Yoon Suk-yeol is on an official overseas trip, warned of severe damage to the country. Presiding over the central government s natural disaster control meeting at Government Complex in Seoul on Monday morning, Han told the attendees that the wind and rain would continue to affect parts of Korea until late Monday afternoon.
At least two people died in the typhoon Nanmadol after the storm ripped through the main southwest island of Kyushu a day earlier, while around 70 others were injured, a local media reported.