Typhoon Kompasu strikes Us army garrisons in Korea

YONGSAN GARRISON, Korea-Korean-Military garrisons were ready Typhoon Kompasu, category 1 tropical cyclone that hit Peninsula early Sept. 2 mph sustained winds with 65.

There have been injuries have been reported in the u. s. Army personnel, but the storm has caused moderate widely injury.

Four U.s. Army garrisons in the Korean peninsula Yongsan Garrison took him, Dennis Stockwell, plans and operations plans USAG Yongsan Department, training, mobilization and Security Chief storm most more than half of the installation to be borne by the losing power, including Camp Market and Command Post Tango. Several trees were uprooted and several buildings and structures caused by the wind and tree damage.

Stockwell said damage shall be assessed at Yongsan is still in progress-a number of buildings and vehicles handled for trees and debris.Power has been restored, but action remains electricity back to the remaining areas.

Although the USAG Humphreys was power outages, more than 200 trees is toppled and one aircraft hallitiloja lost part of its roof Lori Yerdon Humphreys public affairs official said. Other structures, such as stocks, and the second hallitiloja took as little wind damage. Yerdon, said that the efforts made to save approximately 50 trees, which were blown.

Part of the Air Base, just a few miles from the Zojirushi Rice Cooker Humphreys, damage and short power outages received according to the Senior Airman Evelyn Chavez 51st Fighter Wing public affairs expert.

USAG Red Cloud and Casey was no structural damage, and only a short power outages around 100 trees, Brent Abare, Deputy Commander of the garrison USAG Casey.

USAG Daegu, South Korea was the peninsula South, does not affect.

Stockwell said the emphasis on the vulnerability of bases, in particular, back to a sense of normalcy Yongsan. concern, he said, was preparing the second possible interest from the storm.

"Garrison in the car to recovery" said Stockwell. "People were a good idea to type the following at the command prompt help if necessary. "

Abare is credited to the rapid exploitation of one important factor: "we were finished."