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There are many places across the country, including Gokseong, Jeollanam-do, which you just saw, and landslides caused by this torrential rain. There are claims that one of the reasons is due to the indiscriminately installed solar power facilities in the mountains, while others say that the actual damage was exaggerated.

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 soil, 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.

[Residents of Bongyang-eup, Jecheon-si, Chungbuk: As they climbed up the mountain and made a path, the water valley burst to that side, and everything was poured from above.


However, competent authorities have denied a direct link between landslides and solar 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.

(Video coverage: Icheonki CJB) 

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