NORTH KOREA GETTING HIT BY CAT 5 TYPHOON

Typhoon Maysak slammed South Korea early on Thursday and then made a second landfall in North Korea, killing at least two people, decimating homes, causing a power outage for a quarter million people and knocking over trees and telephone poles. Residents are still recovering, but they’ll have to stop and brace for another powerful storm hurtling toward the region.

Typhoon Haishen, has strengthened into the first super typhoon of the year with maximum sustained wind gusts as fast as 155 mph (250 kph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. That’s just shy of being s Category 5 storm. By Friday night, it’s expected to strengthen even further as churns in the Pacific and plows into Japan’s Ryukyu Islands on Saturday into Sunday. Haishen is expected to bring nearly unprecedented levels of rainfall, as well as rough waves and high tides. Its winds are forecast to weaken as it moves north and clips the Japanese island of Kyushu, though the storm will still likely be the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane. It should reach South Korea by late Sunday or early Monday. Strong winds, heavy rains, and storm surge flooding are all likely in store.

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