Typhoon lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands

A coastal road is damaged in Ulsan, South Korea (Kim Yong-tai/Yonhap via AP)

A powerful typhoon has damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea after battering islands in southern Japan, killing one person and injuring dozens of others.

The Korea Meteorological Administration said Typhoon Haishen was passing over waters off the eastern coastal city of Sokcho on Monday afternoon after barrelling through South Korea’s southern and eastern regions.