orea warns of flood damage after tropical storm

Heavy downpours continued to soak South and North Korea on Friday as tropical storm Khanun swept over the peninsula after pummelling Japan, putting Pyongyang on high alert for flood damage.
The storm weakened into a tropical depression as it crossed into North Korea overnight, and military and ruling party officials were mobilised to minimise its impact on the country’s fragile economy.
In some parts of South Korea, cumulative rainfall has topped 400 mm since Thursday with maximum wind speeds of 126 km per hour, flooding villages, schools and roads.
Almost 16,000 people were evacuated, but about 60% of them had returned home, and about 350 flights and 450 train routes were cancelled, according to the interior ministry.
One person was missing in the southeastern city of Daegu after falling into a river in a wheelchair, and another person was reported dead in the same city, but the ministry said neither case was directly linked to the storm.