Tokyo (CNN) -- Rescuers searched typhoon-swept waters off South Korea's Jeju Island Tuesday for 28 Chinese fishermen missing in the wake of Typhoon Bolaven, a ferocious storm that headed for the Korean Peninsula after making landfall on Okinawa. Maritime police on Jeju Island said six people had been rescued but searches were on for the others after two boats capsized early Tuesday as Bolaven raged. Okinawa, meanwhile, emerged relatively unscathed after the typhoon swept it with maximum sustained winds near its center of 185 kilometers per hour (115 mph), according to the Hong Kong Observatory, which monitors storms in the region.
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NEW: Six Chinese fishermen rescued after boats capsize in typhoon
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NEW: Search is on for another 28 fishermen still missing
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Typhoon's winds in Okinawa not as strong as initially feared, local official says
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Typhoon Bolaven's cloud field is about 20 times the length of Okinawa
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