Typhoon batters South Korea with 3ft of rain and damaging winds

The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years battered its southern region on Tuesday (Kim Yong-tai/Yonhap/AP)

The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years battered its southern region on Tuesday, dumping 3ft (1m) of rain, destroying roads and felling power lines, leaving tens of thousands of homes without electricity, before weakening at sea.

Two people died, and some of the missing were trapped in a submerged basement car park.