Homes flattened, road collapsed, 10 people missing! South Korea suffers from continuous rainstorm, causing 35 deaths | South Korea | road surface
According to Yonhap News Agency, as of noon local time today, heavy rainfall affecting the entire South Korea has caused 35 deaths and 10 missing, and the scale of property damage is also expanding.
Zhu Hongyu, a special correspondent of the Finance and Economics Channel, said: We have come to one of the hardest hit areas of the rainstorm in South Korea, Liquan County in North Gyeongsang Road. On the way here, due to many road sections collapsing and bridges breaking, we took a long detour to find a passable road. Not far away is the scene of a landslide accident. Nearby residents reported that after heavy rain, a large amount of stones and mud poured down the slope, causing multiple houses at the foot of the mountain to be instantly washed away. It can be seen that the road surface has been smashed and there are uprooted trees buried between the mounds of soil. Currently, disasters such as landslides in Gyeongsangbuk do alone have caused 17 deaths, while the overall number of victims in South Korea has risen to 35. The Chinese Embassy in South Korea has stated that there is currently no news of any casualties among Chinese citizens.
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In this round of heavy rainfall, central regions such as Gyeongsangbuk do in South Korea experienced the most severe rainfall, with the maximum cumulative precipitation in the past three days exceeding 500 millimeters. The rainstorm not only flooded thousands of hectares of farmland, but also flooded a large number of livestock houses and washed away livestock. On the 15th, in a small local village, a landslide almost flattened the residential buildings at the foot of the mountain, causing multiple deaths and injuries. At present, in order to fully cope with the severe rainstorm disaster, the regional agricultural celebration originally scheduled to be held this week has been canceled.
At the same time, affected by the rainstorm, hundreds of flights across the country were delayed or cancelled, and all ordinary passenger trains have been suspended until today; More than 400 pedestrian paths in about 20 national parks have been forbidden to approach, and 27 scenic spots and historic sites have also been damaged in the rainstorm, and some areas have been closed to tourists.
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According to the South Korean meteorological department's forecast, there will be concentrated rainfall of 30-60 millimeters per hour in many parts of South Korea today, with some areas accompanied by strong winds of 15 meters per second. Relevant departments will expand on-site inspections of fishing ports and passenger terminals, and strengthen water level monitoring of major rivers. At the same time, South Korea is urgently repairing thousands of road collapses and numerous power line failures in various regions, and is trying to stabilize the skyrocketing prices of agricultural products caused by the disaster.