Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula

High waves crash onto Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea. Typhoon Bavi barrelled through the Korean Peninsula on Thursday (Aug 27), damaging buildings, flooding roads and toppling utility poles before weakening into a tropical storm. - AP

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): A typhoon barrelled through the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, damaging buildings, flooding roads and toppling utility poles before weakening into a tropical storm.

No casualties have been immediately reported in either South or North Korea as a downgraded Typhoon Bavi headed into China after passing near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s weather agency said.