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this rainy season, there were especially many landslides and human damage. There was a claim that the solar power facilities installed in the mountains increased the damage, but no, it was exaggerated than the actual damage.

Reporter Jin Ki-hoon of CJB reported.

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farmland has become a dirt field, and the farm is completely buried in the dirt, so no traces can be found.

[Kim Seok-ju/Jecheon-si, Chungbuk: The (collapsing) sound took less than 1 to 2 seconds. Then, after a while, the solar power (facilities) began to collapse.]

The solar power facilities that were filling this wide slope could not withstand the heavy rain and collapsed, hitting the farmland next to it.

Even the hills right behind the solar power facility are in serious condition that can collapse again at any time.

[Kim Wang-tae/Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do: Since the logging work and the fixing pins that make holes in the bedrock and fix it enter about 1.5m from the ground, the bedrock is weakened, so did this damage occur? .]

Neighboring villages, where the whole village has been slumped due to a landslide, are also claiming damage from the solar power facility in the nearby hills.

[Inhabitants of Bongyang-eup, Jecheon-si, Chungbuk: A water valley burst to the top of the mountain and made a path, and it all spilled from above.]

However, the competent authorities denied the direct connection between the landslide and solar power facilities.

[Chungcheongbuk-do official: When building a house or installing solar power facilities, the permit standards are the same. Because the purpose is solar power, it is difficult to conclude that the damage was severe compared to other facilities (I think it is difficult.)]

Nationally, the number of damages to solar power facilities is estimated to be 1% of the total landslide damage.

However, residents argue that cutting trees and installing solar power facilities in the mountains will naturally increase the risk of disasters than when forests were preserved.