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Damage of
lives: 184 people (124 deaths and 60
missing) |
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Damage
of properties: Total £Ü5,469.6 billion
won |
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Sufferers:
27,619 households and 88,626 people
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Status of
being flooded: 17,046 buildings and
143,261ha farm land |
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Major backbone
networks like roads, railways, electricity,
communication, etc. in the nation, and
infrastructure for living were collapsed
or paralyzed. |
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On August 23, 2002, on the sea that is 1,800km
far away in the northeast from Guam in Mariana
Is. in West Pacific, tropical rainstorm was
developed, and on August 28 and 30,
the central atmospheric pressure became strong
enough to be 950hPa and then, changed |
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southern sea of Gagosima[ÒÔä®Óö] in Gyusu
[Îúñ¶], Japan, and on the 58km point in
the east of Seoguipo, Jeju around 12
o¡¯clock on August 31, it changed its
direction to north and at 15:30 hours
on the same day, it arrived at the southern
coast of Goheung Peninsula, Jeollanamdo.
And then, it passed through Suncheon
in Jeollanamdo, Namwon and Muju in Jeollabukdo,
Youngdong, Boeun and Chungju in Chungcheongbukdo,
and Pyeongchang, Inje, Gangneung and
Sokcho in Gangwondo. Around 15:00 hours
on September 1, it became weak to tropical
atmospheric pressure at the 130km point
in the northeast of Sokcho and then,
disappeared. |
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Since meteorological observation began
in Korean Peninsula in 1904, this typhoon
has been recorded to produce the most
daily rainfall of 870.5mm (in Gangneung),
much more than 547.5mm (in Jangheung,
Jeonnam) recorded in September 1981.
Maximum instantaneous wind speed,
when it arrived in Korean Peninsula,
was 39.7m per second, and the lowest
central atmospheric pressure was 970hPa,
which was weaker than Sara in 1959,
Selma in 1987 and Maemi in 2003. |
| In general, typhoon moves fast on
the prevaling westerlies along the trough
of atmospheric pressure of North Pacific
anticyclone that is spread to east and
west of Korean Peninsula, but when Rusa
arrived, there was no prevailing westerlies
so it slowly passed through Korean Peninsula.
Moreover, air with low temperature and
much moisture joined the rain and cloud
band on the upper part of Mt. Taebaek,
so it rained heavily in the eastern
part of Gangwondo, which caused greater
damage than any other typhoons. |
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