Heavy rainfall continues to damage central and southern S. Korea
- 6 years ago
엿새 폭우에 2명 사망, 4명 부상... 이재민 299명 발생
Damage from the torrential rain continues to add up here in the nation.
Hundreds of people have been displaced and thousands of homes and builidings have been flooded.
Kan Hyeong-woo updates us on the situation.
Heavy rainfall has flooded homes, roads and farms in central and southern parts of South Korea... just a couple of days after Typhoon Soulik swept the country last week.
According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on Friday,... around 3,300 private properties and public facilities have been flooded across the country.
The torrential downpours inundated streets and washed away vehicles, as well as forcing 510 flood victims to stay at temporary shelters. The government has shut down four roads, one railway and eight national parks.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said the heavy rain and floods have claimed three lives and injured four people as of Friday... while one person is still missing.
With more than 40 millimeters of rainfall per hour in southern parts of South Korea from Thursday to Friday, some parts of Chungcheong-do and Jeolla-do provinces have seen about 200 millimeters of heavy rain in total.
The downpours have weakened for now and all rain warnings have been lifted,... but the weather agency says more heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected from Friday night to Saturday afternoon in southern parts of South Korea.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News
Damage from the torrential rain continues to add up here in the nation.
Hundreds of people have been displaced and thousands of homes and builidings have been flooded.
Kan Hyeong-woo updates us on the situation.
Heavy rainfall has flooded homes, roads and farms in central and southern parts of South Korea... just a couple of days after Typhoon Soulik swept the country last week.
According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on Friday,... around 3,300 private properties and public facilities have been flooded across the country.
The torrential downpours inundated streets and washed away vehicles, as well as forcing 510 flood victims to stay at temporary shelters. The government has shut down four roads, one railway and eight national parks.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said the heavy rain and floods have claimed three lives and injured four people as of Friday... while one person is still missing.
With more than 40 millimeters of rainfall per hour in southern parts of South Korea from Thursday to Friday, some parts of Chungcheong-do and Jeolla-do provinces have seen about 200 millimeters of heavy rain in total.
The downpours have weakened for now and all rain warnings have been lifted,... but the weather agency says more heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected from Friday night to Saturday afternoon in southern parts of South Korea.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News