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Over the past six days, the Hantan River flooded in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do, where 700 mm of rain poured down, and several nearby villages were flooded. More than 500 residents have been evacuated to high schools or village halls, so let's connect reporters on site.

Reporter Jeong Ban-seok, please tell us the current situation.

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I am now at Odeok Elementary School in Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do, where residents' shelter is set up.

Yesterday (5th) In the afternoon, about 40 residents of Igil-ri, Dongsong-eup were flooded by the flooding of the Hantan River in the afternoon, and it is still raining.

During the six days before yesterday at 3:00 pm, the Hantan River overflowed as the dam collapsed in a heavy rain close to 700 mm.

The village of Igil-ri, Dongsong-eup was completely submerged, and about 40 residents evacuated to Odeok Elementary School and 30 to the mountains.

The fire department even used boats to rescue the isolated inhabitants of the village.

Three other villages were also flooded, about 70 people in Jeongyeon-ri, Galmal-eup, 160 people in Saengchang-ri, Gimhwa-eup, and 20 people in Dongmak-ri, Galmal-eup, each evacuating to a village hall.

In addition, there were concerns about flooding the Yongjin River, a tributary of the Imjin River, and about 150 residents of Daemari, Cheorwon-eup, and the lowland of Yuliri evacuated.

The evacuation force reaches 500 people in six villages.

Fortunately, the water level in the nearby rivers is gradually decreasing.

The level of the Hantan River near the Hantan Bridge, which was at a serious level of 13.43m yesterday evening, dropped to the current interest level of 5.98m.

However, it is still raining sporadically, so it seems that the evacuation will continue until at least tomorrow morning.