Six dead, four missing as typhoon hits S.Korea-official
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Six dead, four missing as typhoon hits S.Korea-official*
16 Sep 2007 13:54:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
SEOUL, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Six South Koreans died and four were missing
in South Korea on Sunday after a typhoon hit the country's southern
coast, an official from the government emergency agency said.
Five were killed and four were missing in the resort island of Cheju as
it was battered by typhoon Nari, whose name means a lily in Korean
language, an official at South Korea's National Emergency Management
Agency told Reuters by telephone.
One woman was also found dead as a house collapsed in Jangheung, a coast
county southwest of Seoul, added the official who asked not to be
identified.
He said the death toll may rise and South Korea's Yonhap news agency was
already reporting 10 people confirmed dead and six reported missing
because of the typhoon.
Local television stations were showing images of overturned trucks and
uprooted trees in areas hit by the typhoon.