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Fishermen missing as Typhoon Bolaven hits South Korea | Fishermen missing as Typhoon Bolaven hits South Korea |
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At least 31 Chinese fishermen are missing after their boats sank when a typhoon hit South Korea, reports say. | At least 31 Chinese fishermen are missing after their boats sank when a typhoon hit South Korea, reports say. |
The two Chinese fishing boats were just off Jeju island in the Korea Strait when they went down, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. | The two Chinese fishing boats were just off Jeju island in the Korea Strait when they went down, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. |
Typhoon Bolaven has already lashed the Japanese island of Okinawa, causing power cuts and paralysing transport. At least four people were injured. | Typhoon Bolaven has already lashed the Japanese island of Okinawa, causing power cuts and paralysing transport. At least four people were injured. |
Power cuts have been reported in southern and western South Korea. | Power cuts have been reported in southern and western South Korea. |
Meteorologists in South Korea were expecting the typhoon to move northward towards Seoul later on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency said. | |
Schools on Jeju have been closed and the US and South Korean forces halted a major joint exercise that had started last week. | |
On Sunday the typhoon hit the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Kagoshima, leaving some 75,000 households without power. | |
Typhoon Bolaven comes just after Typhoon Temblin, which has caused widespread damage in Taiwan. | |
The latest typhoon is the 15th destructive storm of the season in East Asia. |