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Typhoon Kompasu

02 September 2010

UPDATED 2 SEPTEMBER: Typhoon Kompasu made landfall close to the North-South Korean border as the equivalent of a category 1 hurricane late on Wednesday, 1 September. As of 03:00 UTC on Thursday, 2 September, the center of Typhoon Kompasu was located close to 38.6N 128.0E, approximately 90 miles (150 km) northeast of Seoul, South Korea and 125 miles east-southeast of Pyongyang, North Korea; just north of the Korean border. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that, over the previous 6 hours, Kompasu had been...


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