SEOUL, South Korea, Muharram 05, 1438, October 06, 2016, SPA -- A typhoon that battered South Korea this week killed seven people and left three others missing, the country's safety agency said Thursday, AP reported. Typhoon Chaba caused strong winds and heavy rains in southeastern South Korea and the southern resort island of Jeju on Tuesday and Wednesday. The storm later dissipated after moving off the east coast. The seven dead include one person who fell from a breakwater and another who fell from the roof of a house, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security said in a statement. It said the typhoon made 190 others homeless and temporarily left about 229,000 households without power. Chaba also inundated hundreds of houses, shops and factories, the ministry said. --SPA 16:14 LOCAL TIME 13:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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