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the southern provinces that were damaged by flooding and landslides due to torrential rain, emergency restoration work was carried out in various places yesterday (7th). A missing man in his 70s was found dead in Jangheung, Jeollanam-do, and the number of people who died in the heavy rains increased to three.



This is reporter Im Tae-woo.



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A traditional market in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, where it rained close to 70mm in two hours and turned into a sea of ​​water.



Abandoned furniture piled up layer by layer.



They sweep and wipe incessantly to drain the rainwater that has entered the store, but there is no end in sight.



[Jin Hyun-suk/Shoe store owner: Do you want to do business, now? Will you do business? I'm going crazy... Almost 70-80% of them are submerged in water.] In



Jindo, Jeollanam-do, where the water filled up to the chest, restoration work is in full swing for each house covered with garbage.



[Choi Sang-seop/Lee Jae-min: I woke up at 5 o’clock today too… If I can see it, I did (repair work) anyway. I can't do it because it's dark and I can't see it.]



A village in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, where a woman in her 80s died after being buried in a landslide.



I try to clean up the spilled soil, but the anxiety doesn't go away easily.



[Oh Jeong-hwan / Landslide victim villager: Now this is part of it. There's a big spot left here. Water is already seeping in here too.] The



police, who are investigating the cause of the accident, conducted a search and seizure of the Gwangyang City Hall and the construction company that had approved the housing construction.



In Jangheung, Jeollanam-do, a man in his 70s who went missing while going to check whether the fields were submerged in water was found dead in the waterway.



Large and small soil spills continued in various places in Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do.



On the retaining wall of an apartment building in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, a pile of dirt collapsed in the continuous rain, and a man in his 70s who was swept away by the overflowing river in Busan was rescued.