In Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, strong rains with thunder and lightning have been raining from 4pm today (18th).

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said that under the influence of the highly developed rain cloud coming from the West Sea, it was raining more than 40mm per hour with thunder and lightning in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Chungnam regions.

This rain cloud is moving at a speed of 45 km / h, so it will rain heavily in Chungbuk, Jeolla and Gangwon.

Especially during the rain, there are places where there is a gust of wind and thunder and lightning, so the Korea Meteorological Administration urged you to pay special attention to the management of facilities such as construction signs.

The Korea Meteorological Administration also stressed that it is expected to receive heavy rains before and after work on the west coast and before and after work, so that you should be careful about traffic safety and sudden damage caused by strong precipitation.

Hail may drop depending on the region in the central region and in the interior of Gyeongbuk, so we ordered you to take precautions to prevent damage to fallen fruits and crops.

The Korea Meteorological Administration issued heavy rain warnings to Paju, Goyang, Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do and Incheon Metropolitan City and Ganghwa-gun at 3:00 pm.

Then, at 4:00 pm, the southeastern and northeastern regions of Seoul, Dongducheon, Gyeonggi, Yeoncheon, Pocheon, Gapyeong, Yangju, Uijeongbu, Seongnam, Guri, Namyangju, Osan, Hanam, Yongin, Icheon, Anseong, Yeoju, Gwangju, Yangpyeong-gun, Gangwon-do, Cheorwon-gun, and Hwacheon-gun Has issued a heavy rain warning.

This is the first time this year that a heavy rain has been issued to the eastern Seoul area.

The Korea Meteorological Administration added that it is possible that the heavy rains will expand to the central region.

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