Additional Victim Found Dead in Flooded Busan Station Underpass Due to Heavy Rain...Total 3 Confirmed

6 Vehicles Submerged as Underpass Floods, 3 Citizens Dead

On the 23rd, firefighters dispatched to the No.1 Underpass near Busan Station in Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan, where heavy rain fell, are conducting rescue operations. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] Due to the heavy rain that fell in Busan on the 23rd, one additional death was confirmed as an underpass was flooded.

According to the Busan Fire Headquarters and Busan City on the 24th, around 3 a.m. that day, a man in his 50s was found dead inside a flooded car during drainage work at the Choryang No. 1 Underpass in Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan.

The fire authorities estimate that the man was unable to evacuate in time as water suddenly flooded in.

Previously, due to heavy rain exceeding 200mm the day before, water in the 3.5m-high underpass rose up to 2.5m, trapping several vehicles.

Firefighters who responded rescued eight people the previous day and transported them to hospitals, among whom a man estimated to be in his 60s and a woman in her 30s died.

Including the man in his 50s confirmed early that day, a total of three deaths have occurred.

The underpass is 175m long. After the rain, it turned into a reservoir-like state, and the Busan Fire Headquarters set up an on-site command post and is carrying out drainage work.

Meanwhile, concentrated heavy rain exceeding 80mm per hour poured in Busan the day before. As of 11:50 p.m. the previous day, rainfall amounts were 211mm in Haeundae, 204mm in Gijang, 191mm in Dongnae, 176mm in Jung-gu, and 172mm in Saha.

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