SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) Typhoon Khanun was forecast to strike South Korea later this week, the weather services said Monday. The typhoon was expected to pass
One person was killed as a large, powerful Typhoon Khanun hit Japan Okinawa prefecture on Wednesday, Japan-based Kyodo News reported. More than a third of hou
HAIKOU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) Noru, the 16th named storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season, intensified into a super typhoon again early Tuesday as it moves clo
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) Typhoon Hinnamnor was approaching South Korea on Monday, putting the entire country on a high alert for what could be one of the most
In this image taken by South Korea's geostationary satellite, Chollian-2A, at 7:20 a.m. on Sept. 5, 2022, and released by the National Meteorological Satellite Center, Typhoon Hinnamnor is seen moving northward near the country's largest island of Jeju. (Yonhap) SEOUL - Super Typhoon Hinnamnor has gradually moved northward to reach waters off the southern island of Jeju on Monday, the state weather agency said, as South Korea braces for what could be the most powerful storm ever to hit the country. As of 5 a.m., the typhoon, the 11th this year, was located 550 kilometers south-southwest of Jeju's Seogwipo, moving north at a speed of 22 kilometers per hour, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The speed is faster than an earlier estimate of 12 kph, and the typhoon is classified as a "very strong" packing a maximum sustained wind speed of 49 meters per second. Typhoons are classified into four categories: medium, strong, very strong and super