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Added on the 08/08/2023 02:39:52 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Donnghae, Sep 7 (EFE/EPA).-Typhoon Haishen made landfall Monday in South Korea accompanied by torrential rains and strong winds, causing disruptions in transportation networks and power outages in thousands of homes and several industrial facilities.(Camera: JEON-HEON-KYUN)FOOTAGE SHOWS TYPHOON HAISHEN APPROACHING SOUTH KOREA.
Strong winds and big waves hit Sokcho, South Korea, as typhoon Haishen passes through. IMAGES
Yeoncheon, aUG 10 (EFE/EPA).- The unusually long monsoon season in South Korea has left 31 people dead and 11 missing in just over a week, with nearly 7,000 people displaced in the country, which was also bracing itself for the arrival of Typhoon Jangmi on Monday.The latest region to be hit hard by the monsoon has been the South Jeolla province in the southwest of the country.Storms that have affected the area since Friday have left 13 people dead and two missing.Heavy downpours have also caused dikes along the Seomjin river to collapse, leading to the flooding of over 2,500 homes and cutting off roads and railway lines. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)FOOTAGE SHOWS WATER GUSHING OUT OF THE FLOODGATES AT THE GUNNAM DAM IN YEONCHEON, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.
Members and supporters of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) cheer as they watch a broadcast of an exit poll after Wednesday's parliamentary election. The DP and a small allied party were forecast to win up to 197 seats in the 300-member parliament, the poll shows, with the ruling People Power Party and its satellite set to secure between 85 and 99 seats -- down from the 114 they held in the last parliament. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).