Typhoon Maemi (international designation: 0314, JTWC designation: 15W, PAGASA name: Pogi) was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck South Korea, killing 117 people. The name Maemi is contributed by North Korea and it means cicada. According to NASA, Maemi was the strongest typhoon to ever make landfall on the Korean peninsula, and the second-strongest typhoon to affect the region overall, after Typhoon Emma in 1956.
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