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Heavy rain causes landslides, damage across nation
A village in Buyeo County, South Chungchung Province, is inundated with mud and rubble, caused by a landslide, Friday. Yonhap
By Ko Dong-hwan
By Ko Dong-hwan
Heavy rainfall nationwide on Friday caused damage to residential areas and infrastructure, prompting authorities to close down bridges, mountain trails and coastal roads. The damage came as the country experienced days of downpours during the annual monsoon season.
Up to 200 millimeters of rain falling across the country from Thursday to Friday morning knocked down trees, walls and structures and flooded underground car parks and other public areas.
Gyeonggi Province closed off entrances to over 3,700 streams, 40 parking lots, 205 bridges and over 180 locations near mountains and slopes in danger of landslides, and 8 coastal areas.
The disruptions have prompted residents to be evacuated from homes in Paju and Hanam in Gyeonggi Province and Andong and Sangju in North Gyeongsang Province.
A street bisecting apartment buildings in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, is flooded, Friday. Yonhap
Power outages occurred in 40 households in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, Thursday, after a tree broken by the flooding severed an electric cable.
Gangwon Province saw the highest number of landslide warnings on Friday. The fire department in the province received almost 20 reports of fallen trees blocking roads. In Pyeongchang and Inje counties, rocks slid off mountains causing roads to be blocked.
The rainfall caused rivers and streams to swell to dangerous levels, prompting local governments to issue flood warnings.
Flood warnings were issued in Imsil County in North Jeolla Province, Jeongeup and Jeonju in North Jeolla Province, Daejeon and Nonsan in South Chungcheong Province. Almost 80 flood reports were been made to local fire departments in Daejeon, Sejong and South Chungcheong.
The Korea Meteorological Administration said the country will see continued downpours until Sunday with as much as 100 millimeters of rain predicted on Saturday in Chungcheong and North Jeolla regions.