In South Korea and China, it has become very dangerous lately, all thanks to Kong-rey. At the very beginning it was considered a typhoon and turned into tropical storms.
Kong-rey as a typhoon
The power he achieved at the very beginning classified him as a typhoon. Later, it fortunately weakened and was dubbed a tropical storm. It happened when it appeared over South Korea on Saturday. Synopticians assume that it will soon appear over Kyushu and Hokkaido, that is over the islands belonging to Japan.
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Many flights have been canceled
276 flights were canceled due to Kong-rey which led to heavy rainfall. Busan, South Korea's largest port city, was completely flooded. The huge waves crashing on the coasts, which are very eagerly and quite often visited by tourists, also became a threat.
China is also in dire straits
In fact, it is not just South Korea that finds itself in trouble with the presence of Kong-rey. In China, as many as 26 people were rescued from the waters, and everything happened in just two days from Wednesday to Friday.
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Container ship and 15 trapped people
One of the numerous rescue operations that took place in China thanks to Kong-rey was the rescue of 15 people trapped on the deck of a container ship. Well, its main engine was badly damaged, and the distance between the container ship and the mouth of the Yangtze was as much as 16 miles.
Container ship
Exactly on Wednesday, there was information about a ship that reported the impossibility of further travel due to a breakdown of the propeller. There were 10 crew members on board, and the situation took place as much as 90 minutes from the mouth of the Yangtze River. There would be nothing strange and surprising in this, if it were not for the fact that the safety of the entire crew was threatened by a strong north-eastern wind, which was blowing at extremely high speed, bringing waves up to a height of three meters.
