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Reporter Jung Da-eun, who covered in Icheon, is now moving to Yeoju just above it. There is a flood warning on the Cheongmi Stream, the stalk of the Namhan River, so I'll call it when I'm out.

Reporter Jung Da-eun, please tell us about the situation right now.

<Reporter>

Yes, I am now at Cheongmicheon Wonbu Bridge. The rain continued to rain here, but now it has stopped for a while.

In Yeoju, the level of Wonbu Bridge has risen dramatically since yesterday (1st).

This morning, the river level exceeded the flood warning level of 6.5m, and the Hangang Flood Control Center said it was lowering the level of Cheongmi Stream by increasing the discharge of the Paldang Dam, which was less than 2,000 tons, to 10,000 tons at one time.

However, as much rain is expected to continue in the central region, we plan to keep the flood warning tonight.

In addition to the Cheongmicheon Wonbu Bridge, flood warnings have been issued for Bokhacheon and Heungcheon Bridge, and citizens are unable to relieve tension.


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Yes, and the residents living near the river have already evacuated?

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Yes, as an emergency evacuation order was issued to nearby residents, the residents of Wonburi were evacuated to nearby elementary and middle schools.

I went to a shelter about two hours ago, where about 30 people gathered.

[Hwang Sun-dong/ Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do: It was quite scary. The water level continues to rise. It was so dangerous that they suddenly came out.]

Residents said that part of the village had already been submerged, and worried that increasing the amount of precipitation during the night would increase the damage.

Gyeonggi-do upgraded the working system of the Disaster Response Headquarters to the highest level of emergency 4 and responded.

(Video coverage: Gongjin-gu, Image editing: Sung-hoon Jeong)