Monsoon Season Over, Typhoon Season Begins

My guy friends told me that while they were camping on Jejudo in July, a typhoon hit. Of course, I didn't believe them because they're always exaggerating. However, now I believe that it may have happened.

So says the Korea Times:

"A typhoon is fast approaching the Korean Peninsula, with heavy rains and winds forecast for Thursday.

Jeju Island is expected to be hit first, Wednesday, and then the entire country will be drenched through Thursday, the KMA said.

In particular, heavy rains of more than 120 millimeters are expected on the southern and western coasts.
“Some regions may see torrential downpours of more than 40 millimeters of rain per hour,” Kim said. "

It looks like Gwangju will be hit hard, because we're southwest. The clouds already today (Wednesday) are incredibly dark.

On a side note, I've been back for a week and a half at this point, and didn't see the sun until this morning. It's sad when that nice weather is replaced by typhoon-like conditions...

Monsoon Season

Monsoon season has just begun in Korea. We had a massive storm come through last night. There was tons of thunder and lighting. It was so loud, that the car alarms were going off in front of my apartment. Normally, I like storms, but I had to sleep with my earplugs in all night to catch some Zzz's.

Monsoon season last year lasted about 6 weeks, I heard from a friend. I hope it doesn't last that long this year! But, for the next ten days, it's all scattered thunderstorms and high humidity: