<Anchor> In the

Cheorwon, Gangwon-do province, where nearly 700 mm of heavy rain was pouring for six days, yesterday (5th), the upper stream of the Hantan River flooded, and several villages were flooded. Let's connect with a reporter who is on the scene of the damage.

Reporter Kang Min-woo, what is the situation there now?

<Reporter>

Yes, I am in front of the village of Igil-ri, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do.

This is a place where the entire village was submerged in water as the Hantan River, upstream of the Hantan River, flooded yesterday.

The village is inside the Civilian Line, so you can't see the inside exactly, but just looking at the entrance is serious.

The traces of the flooding of the farmland are powerful, and the public telephone box that floated down is on the bottom of the paddy field.

The village was completely submerged when the nearby bank broke out at about 3 pm yesterday, with about 40 residents evacuating to nearby Odeok Elementary School and about 30 to the mountains.

Residents in the villages were also rescued by boats by firefighters.

The fire authorities found that more than 1,100 people from 640 families were evacuated only in the Cheorwon area, which was directly affected by the floods of the Imjin River and the Hantan River.

<Anchor>

Reporter Kang Min-woo, the residents are very worried, but I have to do repair work, but I am worried about the rain coming on. When will recovery work start in earnest?

<Reporter>

Yes, the restoration work also depends on the weather, and it's raining a lot now.

About an hour ago, military troops and equipment were put into the village to help the recovery, but it was reported that the rain continued to rain, and that the work was not smooth.

In addition, there is a possibility that landmines buried while the river overflows may flow into the village, so search operations are also underway.

As of now, the potential for further flood damage has been reduced as the surrounding river water level has decreased.

The water level of the nearby Hantan River Samhap Bridge, which exceeded the Flood Flood Alert level at 8.92m yesterday at 2 pm, is currently maintaining the 4m level of interest.

However, it is predicted that the rain of 30 to 80mm is expected in Gangwon area today, and the local heavy rains can happen again at any time, so the tension cannot be relieved.