Flood Warning Issued for Hangang Bridge... Water Level Approaches 8.5m at 11 AM

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A flood advisory was issued at 11 a.m. on the 6th at Hangang Bridge in Seoul.

According to the Ministry of Environment's Hangang Flood Control Office and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the water level at Hangang Bridge was 8.23m at 11 a.m., approaching the flood advisory threshold level of 8.5m, and it is still rising.

The Hangang Flood Control Office expected the water level at Hangang Bridge to approach or exceed 8.5m around noon that day.

The Seoul districts at risk of flood damage due to rising river levels and flooding are Yongsan-gu, Seongdong-gu, Gwangjin-gu, Mapo-gu, Gangseo-gu, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Dongjak-gu, Seocho-gu, Gangnam-gu, Gangdong-gu, and Songpa-gu.

The flood warning threshold level of Hangang Bridge, called the "Alert" level, is 10.50m, and the highest recorded flood level was 11.76m on July 18, 1925, during the Eulchuk Year Great Flood in the Japanese colonial period.

The "Severe" level, which is the "Great Flood Warning" threshold that has never been issued at Hangang Bridge, is 13.30m.

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