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Casualties: 184 (124 dead, 60 missing) |
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Property damage: 5,469.6 billion KRW |
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Disaster victims: 27,619 households (88,626 people) |
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Flood status: 17,046 buildings, 143,261 ha of farmland |
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The nations major backbone networks (e.g., roads, railways, electricity, communication facilities) and infrastructure essential for daily life either collapsed or were incapacitated. |
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| On August 23, 2002, a tropical storm developed at sea in the Western Pacific Mariana Islands, 1,800 km northeast of Guam. On August 28 and 30, the rainstorms central atmospheric pressure became 950 hPa, marking its transformation into a typhoon. |
. It passed through the southern sea of Kagoshima [] in Ky?sh? [], Japan, and at the 58 km point east of Seoguipo, Jeju Island, at around 12:00 p.m. On August 31, its direction shifted and it started moving northward. At 15:30 p.m. on the same day, it arrived at the southern coast of Goheung Peninsula, South Jeolla Province.
It then passed through Suncheon in South Jeolla Province; Namwon and Muju in North Jeolla Province; Youngdong, Boeun, and Chungju in North Chungcheong Province; and Pyeongchang, Inje, Gangneung, and Sokcho in Gangwon Province. At around 15:00 p.m. on September 1, its tropical atmospheric pressure weakened at the 130 km point northeast of Sokcho and then dissipated. |
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The heaviest daily rainfall since meteorological recordkeeping began on the Korean peninsula in 1904 was recorded, with 870.5mm of rain falling in Gangneung, significantly greater than the previous record of 547.5mm recorded in September 1981 in Jangheung in South Jeolla Province.
When it hit the Korean peninsula, the maximum instantaneous wind speed was 39.7 m/s, and its lowest central atmospheric pressure was 970 hPa. As such, it was weaker than Sara, Selma, and Maemi, which ravaged Korea in 1959, 1987, and 2003, respectively
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| In general, typhoons move fast on the Prevailing Westerlies along the trough of atmospheric pressure of the North Pacific anticyclone, which spreads to the east and west of the Korean peninsula. However, as there were no Prevailing Westerlies when Rusa arrived, it passed through the Korean peninsula slowly. Moreover, cooler air and substantial moisture joined the rain and cloud band on the upper part of Mt. Taebaek, so it rained heavily in the eastern part of Gangwon Province, causing greater damage than any other typhoon in Koreas history. |
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| When Rusa left Korea in 2002, 16 metropolitan cities/provinces, 203 cities, counties, and districts, and 1,917 towns, townships, and neighborhoods were declared special disaster areas. Later, an additional 14 metropolitan cities/provinces, 156 cities, counties, and districts, and 1,657 towns, townships, and neighborhoods were added to the list. |
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