Flights cancelled as tropical storm hits South Korea

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 10, 2023 5:18 pm

BUSAN: Hundreds of flights and high-speed trains were canceled and businesses shut in the South Korean port town of Busan after a tropical storm made landfall Thursday, bringing heavy rain and high winds.

Tropical Storm Khanun, which battered Japan before taking a circuitous route towards the Korean peninsula, made landfall at around 9:20 a.m. local time (0020 GMT) in the south and is set to travel northwards, spreading heavy rain nationwide, South Korea's meteorological agency said.

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