September 08, 2022 13:19 The words “make a fuss” caught my attention as I was reading through people’s comments about news reports covering super typhoon Hinnamnor that brought heavy downpours to Korea earlier this week. One commenter said the Korea Meteorological Administration “made a big fuss, but the effect we felt was not that great. The KMA made an excessive forecast, and the government responded excessively.” The comment got a huge number of likes. But the moment the message was being posted, an apartment complex on the shore of the southern port city of Busan was hit by a 15.4-m wave, while Jeju Island further south witnessed 21-m waves. Residents of an apartment building in the port city of Pohang were trapped in an underground parking lot by swelling waters and six of them died. Some parts of the country were indeed relatively unscathed, but other areas were devastated and lives were lost. Without the “fuss” made by the KMA, the damage could have been much greater. Hinnamnor ranks among the most powerful typhoons to hit Korea at only 1.9 hPa less than typhoon Maemi in 2003, which was the most destructive the country has seen. Maemi left 131 people… Read full this story
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