Typhoon Haishen headed for South Korea today after it made landfall in southern Japan with record strong winds and heavy rain.

The Korean weather forecasting agency said the storm with winds of up to 144 km / h is heading north to Busan, South Korea's second largest city.

Authorities had to evacuate nearly 1,000 people, while more than 300 flights at 10 airports had to be canceled.

Previously, Typhoon Haishen swept southern Japan with record winds, up to 216 km / h, prompting the authorities to issue a warning that hurricane winds could overthrow cars and break electric poles.

However, Japan this morning rated Typhoon Haishen caused less damage than expected, despite causing power outages in hundreds of thousands of households on the island of Kyushu, southern Japan.

According to Japan's national television station, several dozen people were slightly injured by the storm, most of them the elderly who fell.

The Kyushu Electric Power Company this morning said that about 476,000 households lost electricity, raising fears of heat shock due to the lack of air conditioning.

The hurricane affected traffic, disrupting hundreds of flights and rail service, but according to a damage assessment this morning, air and rail journeys were expected to resume soon.

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Japan's typhoon season typically lasts until October and Haishen is the second most powerful storm to pass through the area in recent weeks.

North Korean media over the weekend reported that Kim Jong-un leader went to check and asked 12,000 party members to participate in overcoming the consequences of the disaster.

Typhoon Maysak also sank a cargo ship with 43 sailors and nearly 6,000 cows off the coast of western Japan.

"We are assessing the situation to see when the rescue operation can be resumed," said a Japanese Coast Guard officer today.