Typhoon Megi struck South Korea at Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale on 18 August 2004. Five people were reported killed, 2400 left homeless, and heavy rainfall was experienced between the 17th and 18th.

This Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) image, acquired on 18 August 2004, shows Typhoon Megi (centre border left image) as it approached South Korea before moving north-east into the Sea of Japan.