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It rained heavily in the central region including the metropolitan area.
Gwangmyeong Station, where the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1 and KTX trains run, was submerged in water, causing heavy rain damage.
The first news, reporter Park Chan-beom, prepared it.
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Yesterday (13th) afternoon at Gwangmyeong Station, the floor of the waiting room was submerged in muddy water and invisible.
It rained at a rate of 20 mm per hour around Gwangmyeong Station, and muddy water overflowing from the nearby railroad construction site came into the station.
[Kim Jun-hyuk / Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do: I lived here for about 4 years, but I don’t think there was any history of flooding.
It's my first time.
I came here because I was wondering what to do if I couldn't ride, but luckily it was possible to drive...
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At Geumcheon-gu Office Station on Line 1, the train service to Gwangmyeong Station was temporarily stopped
due to flooding overtaken.
A flood advisory was issued at the Ogeum Bridge branch of Anyangcheon, a tributary of the Han River, at around 6:40 pm yesterday, and has been maintained to this day.
Human casualties also occurred.
Yesterday around 4:30, a man in his 50s, a KORAIL employee, was hit and killed by an ITX train bound for Chuncheon near Jungnang Station.
This employee is said to have suffered a bowel movement while inspecting the track in preparation for heavy rain.
On the way home from work yesterday evening, major roads in Seoul were closed and congestion continued.
Most of the control has been lifted now, but the lower road of Yangjaecheon-ro in Seoul and the lower road of Cheolsan Bridge, which connects Seoul Yeongdeungpo and Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do, will be controlled until 6 am.