▲ Taehwa River in Ulsan, flooded by typhoon'High Sun'
People were injured due to the 10th Typhoon High Line, and a flood warning was once issued on the Taehwa River. As a result, the national gardens were also flooded, and business and housing blackouts continued.
Main roads and bridges were controlled and the school conducted all classes remotely.
According to the Ulsan City Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, the amount of precipitation in Ulsan per day on the 7th is 126 mm as of 12:00 noon, and the cumulative precipitation including the previous day amounted to 133.8 mm.
By region, Samdong 208.5mm, Duseo 178mm, Maegok 139.5mm, etc.
The wind is also very strong, and the maximum wind speed at the moment in Yideokseo, Dong-gu at 9 am recorded 39.8 meters per second.
In addition, a flood warning was issued at 8:40 am on the Taehwa River, which raised concerns about river flooding, but it was lifted at 12:10 noon, three hours later.
Flood warnings are issued when the water level of the Taehwa River (Taehwa Bridge) is around 4.5 mm, and when the flood warning is around 5.5 mm, respectively.
Even during the typhoon Mitak last year, a maximum of 248 mm of rain fell 3 years after Typhoon Chaba in 2016, flooding the Taehwa River and a flood warning was issued.
The four dams in the area almost exceeded the full water level at one time in the morning, and if the rain continued until the afternoon, it would have caused substantial flood damage.
As of 10:00 am, Hoeya Dam (31.8m at full water level) 33.43m, Sayeon Dam (60.00m) 61.92m, Daegok Dam (120.00m) 120.03m, and Daeam Dam (48.50m) 50.77m.
Various damages have been continued due to the high ships that brought such a lot of rain and wind.
There were human losses, but fortunately there were no deaths.
At around 9:27 am that day, three people were injured in the process of handling a sign that crashed in Hwabong-dong, Buk-gu.
In addition, at 8:54 am, a container in the KCC Ulsan plant in Bangbang-dong, Dong-gu, fell and the window was damaged, causing one person to be injured. At 8:10, a police officer was injured while handling a steel sign that fell off the road in front of the Nam-gu apartment.
On this day, the Taehwa River flooded in a typhoon that poured a lot of rain, and the Taehwagang National Garden, the second national garden in Korea, was hit directly.
The river flows in from the entrance of the national garden and the surrounding area is reminiscent of an underwater garden.
The Nam-gu promenade 3km, Mugunghwa Garden 1km, and Osan Square Silgaecheon were all flooded with water filling up.
After the typhoon passed, the city conducted an on-site survey to determine the extent of the flood damage, and plans to immediately restore it.
The power outage that caused the most damage in the Maisak period also inflicted damage to businesses and homes during the High Sun.
The power outage damage received by the Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters was identified as 37,000,664 households, of which only 980 households were restored and the rest are being restored.
In terms of corporate damage, Hyundai Motor Company's Ulsan Plant 5 went out of power at 8:30 am on the day.
The plant is a production site for Genesis G90, G80, G70, Tucson, Nexo, etc. The line was stopped and restarted at 11:30 am.
Roads and bridges were also controlled.
From 7:30 am, the Ulsan Bridge was banned from driving two-way vehicles due to strong winds, but resumed at 10:30 am.
In addition, at 8:50 am, due to sea level rise and flooding, the operation of Asan-ro from Jung-gu to Dong-gu was restricted, but it was canceled around 10:25 am.
At 8:50 am, the operation of the Unmun Tunnel connecting Ulsan and Cheongdo was blocked due to flooding in Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongbuk.
In addition, 12 locations are under control, including the Onsan Water Quality Improvement Office intersection, the lower camp of the Imam intersection, the entrance to the Samdong-ro Hajam village, the lower road at the northern end of Beonyeonggyo, the Soksim Ibo and Jejeonbo in Buk-gu, the Sangan Submerge Bridge, and the Sirye Submerge Bridge.
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