Typhoon Rusa hits Korean Peninsula

From: China Daily | Date: September 3, 2002 | Copyright information

KANGNUNG, Republic of Korea: The Republic of Korea said yesterday that more than 150 people were dead or missing after the worst typhoon in more than 40 years battered wide areas of the country at the weekend.

Typhoon Rusa also killed scores of people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and left many missing or injured, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said.

Troops joined the search for survivors in the South after the storm triggered landslides and flooded coastal areas, devastating thousands of homes and cutting off power and water supplies.

As Rusa swept inland, ...

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