Supercars Worth Hundreds of Millions Also Damaged... Flooding in High-Rise Buildings in Haeundae, Busan

On the 23rd, heavy rain caused flooding in various parts of Centum City, Haeundae, Busan, where the underground area of a high-rise residential-commercial complex was submerged in rainwater, flooding many luxury cars including supercars.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] On the 23rd, heavy rain caused flooding in various parts of Centum City, Haeundae, Busan, submerging the underground floors of high-rise residential-commercial complexes and flooding many luxury cars, including supercars.

According to residents of the building on the 24th, between 9 and 10 p.m. the previous day, rainwater flowed down from the road connected to the underground and ground floors of a certain residential-commercial complex in Centum City, quickly flooding the basement level 1 parking lot.

Upon hearing the flooding news, residents rushed to remove their vehicles all at once, turning the parking lot and building entrance into chaos.

The rainwater swept down from basement level 2 to level 5 along the parking lot passage, submerging a significant number of parked vehicles.

The building consists only of ultra-large units such as 125 pyeong and 131 pyeong, and the royal floors with good views trade for tens of billions of won, making it one of the most famous affluent neighborhoods in Busan.

Luxury foreign cars lined up in the flooded parking lot of Busan's top-class building.
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The flooded underground parking lot was densely packed with foreign cars such as BMWs, and a resident reported that high-performance supercars worth hundreds of millions of won were also submerged.

Currently, all six elevators in the building are out of service due to flooding, forcing residents to go up and down up to the 51st floor on foot.

Centum City, where this building is located, is one of the habitual flood-prone areas where roads are submerged every time there is heavy rain.

Although a reservoir capable of holding 18,200 tons of rainwater was constructed underground in Centum City in 2011, it has been criticized for not functioning properly.

Meanwhile, in Busan, following the heavy rain warning issued that night, continuous heavy rain for three hours caused further damage, including the deaths of three people trapped in a flooded underpass.

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