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Yesterday (the 5th) it rained heavily in the southern region. More than 400 mm of rain fell in the southwestern coastal areas such as Gangjin, Haenam, and Jindo in Jeollanam-do, causing casualties.
Reporter Han So-hee reports.
[Reporter] The
floor of the restaurant was covered with mud.
I try to sweep it with a broom, but I can't see the end.
Inside, basins, buckets, and various seasoning containers that were floating in the rain are tangled up in a mess.
[Yoon Seon-hee / Flooding victim: I got a car from the other side and called the next door, because it was flooded. And call 119.]
Over two days, it rained more than 400mm, causing rain damage in Gangjin and Haenam.
The flooding of houses is particularly serious.
Rainwater poured up to ankle-height in the back room, and residents stayed up all night to scoop up water.
[Kim Jung-ah / Flooding victim: When I wake up from sleep, I throw up a mess and throw it away, and the water flows over here. I don't know what to do.] In
Jindo, a river overflowed and about 20 residents evacuated, and the road was controlled as stones poured down.
In a village in Jinsang-myeon, Gwangyang-si, Jeollanam-do, a landslide occurred around 6 am today.
Fire officials said two houses were buried in the landslide and three warehouses were also damaged.
Fire officials believe that one resident is living in the buried house and are conducting a search for people.
Heavy rain warnings have been issued for the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do and Busan, and major traffic routes and walking trails are being controlled.
Access to all sections of the Oncheoncheon Stream and Suyeong River promenade in downtown Busan was prohibited, and the Sebyeong Bridge and Yeonan Bridge Suyeon Bridge were closed in sequence.
The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters has upgraded the emergency duty of the major headquarters to the second stage to cope with heavy rain.