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Typhoon Maysak: 120,000 households left without power in Japan

Heavy winds and rain lashed much of the Korean peninsula Thursday after Typhoon Maysak made landfall, as damage from a previous typhoon last week was still being repaired, and a third typhoon gathered strength off the coast.

Maysak, the ninth typhoon of the season and the fourth to hit the peninsula this year, was among the strongest to strike Korea in years and is expected to affect most North and South Korea.

Some areas on the southern resort island of Jeju reported more than 1,000 millimeters (39 inches) of rainfall since Tuesday, and the typhoon left some 120,000 households without power across the country.

According to the weather agency and interior ministry, hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed. Busan’s southern city in South Korea saw heavy winds as the storm’s track placed it squarely in its path.

Typhoon and heavy rain warnings were issued for much of South Korea, which earlier this year saw the longest stretch of rainy weather on record, leading to deadly floods and landslides.

The Japanese coastguard was searching for a cargo ship carrying thousands of head of livestock and dozens of crew members that went missing after issuing a distress signal due to Typhoon Maysak.

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