Kompasu, Lionrock Make Landfall
People look at a vehicle damaged by a fallen branch after Typhoon Kompasu hit in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The typhoon slammed into South Korea on Thursday, killing three people in what officials said was the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. The driver of the car is safe, as the person was not in the car. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
As Typhoon Kompasu landed in western Korea at Inchon late Wednesday, Tropical Storm Lionrock spun ashore between Xiamen and Shantou, China.
At the time of Kompasu's landfall late on Wednesday afternoon, EDT, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimated its highest sustained winds to be near 75 mph, or that of a minimal hurricane.
The center of Kompasu narrowly missed Seoul, where the airport clocked highest wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph. Gusts near 55 mph buffeted Inchon.
News reports stated Thursday that Kompasu caused three deaths in South Korea, all of them in the west, which bore the brunt of the storm's high winds.
Downed power lines and toppled trees, along with minor structural damage, were reportedly common.
In North Korea, the storm's heaviest rain fell. Amounts of 4 to 6 inches spread over a wide area, with Wonson, on the eastern shore, getting more than 8 inches of rain.
As of Thursday, the much-weakened Kompasu was headed toward the east for a relatively uneventful crossing of northern Japan.
Also on Thursday, meanwhile, Lionrock dissipated inland over southern China following Wednesday's landfall as a tropical storm near Zhangpo, southern Fujian.
Torrential rainfall of as much as 8 inches fell along the direct path of Lionrock.
Authorities shifted out of harm's way more than 160,000 people and some 50,000 fishing boats rode out the storm in port, according to Xinhua.
No storm-related deaths were reported.
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