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Super Typhoon Chaba has left at least 4 dead and 3 missing in South Korea.
More than 210,000 residences were left without power.
More than 120 flights had to be grounded due to the storm.
At least four people have died and three remain missing after the powerful Typhoon Chaba battered South Korea"s southern parts withheavy rain and high winds.
The deaths occurred in the country"s cities of Busan and Ulsan.
In Busan, a worker was killed when a tower crane at a construction site collapsed on a nearby container, The Korea Times reports. In a different part of the city, a woman died after she was swept from the second floor of her house by strong winds. A third death occurred after a man was swept away by waves while examining secured vessels at a seawall.
In Ulsan, a person died after being swept away by flood waters at the entrance of an apartment building, The Korea Times also reports. A rescue worker went missing during rescue operations in the city, and another man presumed to be a sailor went missing on Jeju Island after falling into the sea from a moored vessel.
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The storm disrupted work at Hyundai Motor"s two factories in Ulsan, forcing the company to suspend operations due to an "inflow of water," Reuters reports. Work was also suspended at some shipyards along the south coast.
Venues for the Busan International Film Festival were destroyed after the storm tore down walls of makeshift facilities, Yonhap News Agency reports.
More than 120 flights had to be grounded due to the storm and more than 210,000 households were left without power, according to The Korea Herald. The high-speed KTX trains were temporarily suspended during the power outage. More than 1,400 cars were reported as being either waterlogged or damaged by debris.
On Jeju Island, police received reports that eight vessels had sank, three were capsized and two were adrift, The Korea Times reports.
The storm hammered Japan"s Okinawa prefecture with gusting winds Monday, leaving thousands without power and downed trees.
According to the Okinawa Times, the "most intense typhoon to hit parts of Okinawa on record" prompted the evacuation of more than 800 people.
Chaba intensified into a super typhoon Mondayand hit KumeIsland, one of Okinawa"s smaller islands, with winds up to 134 mph.
Windows were shattered, trees were uprooted and utility poles were left damaged by the winds, NHK reports. There were no reports of casualties.
Prior to the storm hitting, the sky over Okinawa turned a deep pink. Residents took to social media to share photos and videos.
The storm also forced the closure of Okinawa"s main Naha airport, according to its website.
The typhoon prompted the country"s two largest airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, tocancel a combined 125 domestic flights, according to the Straits Times.
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