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Korea (the Republic of): Typhoon: 2002/07/05 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/07/05
Country or District Korea (the Republic of)
Event Type Typhoon
Outline Tropical storm, Rammasun killed two people on the Korean peninsula.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
Yahoo asia News 2002/07/07
Dead: 4 persons
Damage to property: 10.5 billion won ($8.75 million)

(1,260 hectares of rice paddies were submerged and some roads and bridges washed away.)

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