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weather is nice, but I'm worried that it doesn't rain too much.

In Yeongwol, Gangwon-do, a rain festival was held to pray for rain.

In this day and age, I wonder if it would have been like this, but it is said that last month's precipitation was only 6% of the average year.

The reservoir and the hearts of farmers are also being burned.



Reporter Park Chan-beom covered the scene.



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The soil at the bottom of the reservoir is clearly exposed.



It has been a long time since the water has drained, and you can see where the floor has turned white.



As the drought continues, reservoirs across the country are drying up.



At this time last year, the water retention rate in the reservoir has dropped from about 60% to about a fifth now.



[Lee Su-geun / Ganghwa Ongjin Branch, Korea Rural Community Corporation: You can think of the low yield as the bottom.

Because the reservoir has to automatically drain when the sluice gate is opened.

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We urgently supply 8,000 tons of water drawn from the Han River for agricultural use, but it is not enough for the entire village farmer to use.



[Park Si-hwan / Farmer: It rained last year though.

It's over once when the seedlings are born, but there's not much supply this year.] The



drains that normally store agricultural water are all dry.



Some outlying areas, far from reservoirs and rivers, have virtually no water supply for agriculture.



So, unless it rains enough, the drainage basin has no choice but to expose the bottom.



The average accumulated precipitation nationwide for the past six months was 168mm, which is less than half of the average yearly standard.



In particular, the amount of precipitation last month was 5.8mm, which was only 6% of the normal year, increasing the number of areas damaged by crops.



Some areas where the water level in the dam has been lowered is a concern for procuring drinking water.



There is rain news mainly in the southern regions tomorrow (the 5th) and the day after tomorrow, but it is not enough for the sea to pass.



The government decided to operate a drought countermeasures room together with each local government and support the development of groundwater wells by investing reserve funds.



(Video coverage: Seol Seol-hwan·Kim Seung-tae, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee, Helicopter pilot: Min Byeong-ho)