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A heavy rain advisory has been issued for central regions including Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.

In particular, it rained a lot in the northern part of Gyeonggi-do, and the water level on the Imjin River side can rise sharply if North Korea opens the dam door.

Our reporter is at Gunnam Dam in Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, which is about 50 km away from Hwanggang Dam in North Korea.



Reporter Shin Yong-shik, can you see that the river has grown quite a bit in the back?



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Yes, it was raining heavily over Gunnam Dam here an hour ago, but now it has stopped.



As of 7 p.m., the water level of the Imjin River is expected to rise overnight as the meteorological authorities issued a heavy rain advisory across Seoul and Gyeonggi-do.



As the rain continued for several days, as you can see from the back, the water in the Imjin River has risen a lot.



As of 7pm, the water level at Gunnam Dam is about 30m.



The Gunnam Dam situation room opens 13 sluice gates and pours out about 3,470 tons of water as much as the inflow amount.



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Reporter Shin Yong-sik, it is said that it rains a lot in North Korea, but if North Korea can open the floodgates of the dam, it seems that the residents there should pay more attention to safety.



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It seems that North Korea has not yet opened the floodgates of Hwanggang Dam, which is only 57 km from here.



The level of the river in the North is still high, but tensions cannot be relaxed because the water level can rise immediately if North Korea opens the floodgates of the Hwanggang Dam to discharge rainwater.



The water level of Pilseung Bridge, the main observation point of the Imjin River, was about 6m as of 7pm, which was 0.5m lower than 2 hours ago, but 1.5m remains to 7.5m, the level of concern for crisis response.



Authorities are monitoring the situation in real time and continuing to broadcast warnings to residents around the dam.



In 2009, North Korea's unauthorized discharge of the Hwanggang Dam resulted in the death of six South Koreans.



Today (29th), calls were made at the North-South Joint Liaison Office at 9 am and 5 pm, but North Korea did not respond to our request regarding the discharge of the dam.



(On-site conduct: Kim Dae-cheol, video coverage: In Pil-seong, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)