Typhoon Nari Threatens Korea -- Typhoon Nari became a severe typhoon over the southern East China Sea. With highest sustained winds of nearly 140 mph at the time, Nari became a severe, Category 4 hurricane. Earlier, the strengthening typhoon had swept through the islands of Okinawa, Japan.
Nari spared mainland Okinawa its worst winds, but hit Kume Jima with gusts up to 110 mph. Meantime, far ahead of Nari, heavy rains pounded southern and eastern Korea leaving widespread amounts of 4 inches and more.
One site on Cheju, south of the peninsula, had 6.7 inches of rain as of Saturday morning. And now, southern Korea, including Cheju, awaited Typhoon Nari, which, as of Saturday evening, still packed 110-mph highest sustained winds according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
It seemed as though the worst of Nari would strike Cheju and southwestern South Korea in the afternoon and nighttime of Sunday, local time. Perhaps greater than the threat of hurricane-strength winds was that of more excessive rain that, falling on sodden ground, raised the specter of flooding.
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