Typhoon Hinnamnor inundated much of the South Korean port city of Pohang in North Gyeongsang province.
포항현상황……
다들조심하기…. pic.twitter.com/kMP4Qxdx2x—진 (@13_1__0) September 5, 2022
What does Pohang look like now. Guys, be careful.
— @13_1__0/Twitter
According to reports, the city of Pohang sent an emergency warning to evacuate in the early hours of September 6. The typhoon brought 70 to 100 mm of rain to the city, flooding much of it.
포항남구실시간.. pic.twitter.com/hOjVO1qndt
— 죽1어어~~~~ 죽1어야 묻어줄 거 아니야아~~~ 제발 죽1어 ~~! (@modongsoop_solo) September 5, 2022
The southern district of Pohang, in real time.
— @modongsoop_solo/Twitter
Much of the city’s coastline was submerged under water. The devastation of the typhoon was uploaded in real time by its citizens, showing the full extent of its destruction.
포항이마트뒷편주차장과집근처냉천교…범람했다고함 ;; pic.twitter.com/djkcHxTmcd
— Eunyoung.k (@kiki_young0901) September 5, 2022
The parking lot of Pohang E-mart and the school near my house are under water.
— @kiki_young0901/Twitter
지금 이 새벽 6 시반 이지만 9 시 시 태풍 포항 쳐 갈 같으면 더 더 잠길 잠길 거 같아 요 집 집 밖 피신 가야 할 같음 같음 이라도 물 이 안들어와야 할 데 하자 하자 하자 보수도 보수도 이라도 물 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 이 텐 데 하자 하자 보수도 보수도 보수도 보수도 안 해 줘서 물새고 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심 관심. 가져줘…. pic.twitter.com/wJUqAN1Wg6
— 🐇しらゆき_Seolmyo 🐿 (@SquirrelBe1021) September 5, 2022
Now it’s 6 a.m., and when the typhoon comes at 9 a.m., I think we’ll be even more overwhelmed. Save me. I think I’m going to have to evacuate my house. I hope my house is not flooded, but currently the whole apartment is leaking. It is a disaster.
— @ squirrelbe1021/Twitter
Fires were also reported in the city TULLE iron factories. A representative of the company confirmed it with a media. According to neighbors, there wasloud noise and black smoke” from TULLE floors.
Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province and is the province’s main seaport. The city is best known for its steel mills, automobile factories, and for being home to many of Korea’s largest manufacturing plants.
Typhoon Hinnamnor passed through Jeju-do in the late afternoon of September 5 and left the country in the early morning of September 6.
The typhoon was expected to be the strongest in the country’s history and would have had an atmospheric pressure of 955 hectopascals at its center. The typhoon would have had a maximum wind speed of 40 km.