21 typhoons have formed this summer. None have hit South Korea — so far

More than 20 typhoons have formed in the western Pacific this year, but none have directly affected the Korean Peninsula. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration and weather analysts, two high-pressure systems — the Tibetan high and the North Pacific high — have blocked typhoons from moving north toward the peninsula, steering them instead toward Japan, China and Taiwan. Three typhoons are currently active in the region, after one of four that briefly coexisted weakened into a tropi