2nd typhoon pounds South Korea, kills 2 people
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People wade through a flooded street caused by Typhoon Tembin in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. The typhoon hit South Korea's southern coast on Thursday, killing two people, as the country cleared up damage from a powerful storm earlier in the week that left 19 dead. -- PHOTO: AP
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High waves, caused by Typhoon Tembin, crash on Haeundae beach in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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South Koreans walk on a street covered with water as typhoon Tembin makes landfall in Mokpo, about 310km south of Seoul, on Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People carry sand bags to block floodwaters caused by Typhoon Tembin in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man tries to clear a drain on a street flooded by Typhoon Tembin in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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South Koreans carry sand-bags in a street covered with water as typhoon Tembin makes landfall in Mokpo, about 310km south of Seoul, on Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
People wade through a flooded street caused by Typhoon Tembin in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. The typhoon hit South Korea's southern coast on Thursday, killing two people, as the country cleared up damage from a powerful storm earlier in the week that left 19 dead. -- PHOTO: AP
High waves, caused by Typhoon Tembin, crash on Haeundae beach in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
South Koreans walk on a street covered with water as typhoon Tembin makes landfall in Mokpo, about 310km south of Seoul, on Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
People carry sand bags to block floodwaters caused by Typhoon Tembin in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A man tries to clear a drain on a street flooded by Typhoon Tembin in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
South Koreans carry sand-bags in a street covered with water as typhoon Tembin makes landfall in Mokpo, about 310km south of Seoul, on Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
SEOUL (AFP) - A new typhoon hit South Korea's southern coast on Thursday, killing two people, as the country cleared up damage from a powerful storm earlier in the week that left 19 dead.
Typhoon Tembin, with winds of up to 83 kph, made landfall at the southern city of Suncheon and brought more than 150mm of rain to some parts of the country, the weather service said.
A 52-year-old female worker at a ship components company in the south-western county of Yeongam was crushed to death when strong winds toppled a large iron gate, the public administration ministry said.
A landslide killed a man aged 66 in the central city of Cheonan, it said.
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