The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in a century tore through the country's coastal regions, leaving at least 62 people dead.

Typhoon Hinnamnor, the 11th typhoon this year, passed South Korea on Tuesday, leaving one dead and two missing, the government said.

The following year, Typhoon Maemi killed more than 100 people and caused $1.6 billion in damage. The links between tropical storms and climate change are becoming more apparent.

President Yoon Suk-yeol held emergency response meetings on Monday as the country braced for Typhoon Hinnamnor, which was measured to be as intense as the devastating Maemi typhoon in 2003.

The KMA chief reported that Typhoon Hinnamnor has been similar in size and path to Typhoon Maemi in 2003, with an atmospheric pressure of 955 hectopascals at its center, compared with Maemi's 954 ...

Officials say Hinnamnor could bring more powerful winds than 2003 Typhoon Maemi, which left 117 people dead and was the strongest storm to make landfall in the country since the start of record ...

Typhoon Sarah, which hit South Korea in 1959, and Typhoon Maemi, which hit in 2003, are thought to be two of the most powerful storms in the nation's history. Hinnamnor is forecasted to be ...