TYPHOON POUNDS SOUTH KOREA.(NEWS)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: September 3, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea's government said today that nearly 200 people were killed or missing in a powerful typhoon that pounded the nation over the weekend, and the death toll was expected to rise.

After battering the Korean peninsula, the storm moved north, bringing torrential rain to Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, where it destroyed houses, washed away roads and cut power supplies for hours, authorities said to...

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