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Over 100 killed as typhoon hits ROK

Reuters, Seoul
A powerful typhoon hit southern areas of South Korea overnight, killing more than 100 people and forcing thousands to flee, South Korean YTN television said yesterday.
Typhoon Maemi ("cicada" in Korean), packing winds of up to 224 kp/h a record for South Korea whipped across eastern and southern parts of the peninsula, leaving a swathe of destruction before turning back to sea early in the morning.
A government statement said the death toll had risen to 42 with 24 people missing.
YTN said rescue workers were trying to reach 10 people trapped in the basement of a collapsed shopping center in the southern city of Masan.
Authorities issued flood warnings for towns and cities along the Nakdong river, which flows through the center and south of the country, as dams opened their flood gates after the area was hit by up to 17.8 inches of rain. About 2,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes.
The typhoon forced four power plants to stop operations, cutting power to 1.4 million households, as the country celebrated the three-day Chusok (Thanksgiving) festival.
"Damage and losses are expected to increase further, as more reports are registered with the center," an official at the National Disaster Prevention Headquarters told Reuters.
Prime Minister Goh Kun chaired an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss rescue measures such as declaring a disaster zone and providing financial support.
The typhoon, which sank 18 vessels and broke 13 container cranes at ports, has caused $6 million worth of damage so far, according to official estimates.
The worst affected area was South Kyeongsang province where at least 15 people drowned and roads were swept away.
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, said the typhoon had damaged two vessels being built for the oil industry.
The incident involved a 200,000-ton offshore storage facility being built for Exxon Mobile Corp, and a 37,000-ton petrochemicals carrier being built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for a German company.
In central Chungchong province, a landslide caused a Seoul-bound Saemaeul Express train to derail, injuring 28 people, local television said.