Haenam-gun and Gurye-gun Receive 1,000 Boxes of Bottled Water Delivered

Haenam County delivered 1,000 boxes of bottled water to help the residents of Gurye County. (Photo by Haenam County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myeong Hyeon-gwan) announced on the 11th that it delivered 1,000 boxes of bottled water (worth 4.4 million won) on the 10th to help the residents of Gurye-gun who are suffering severe flood damage due to heavy rain.

Recently, due to heavy rain, tributaries of the Seomjin River overflowed, flooding Gurye-eup and 17 villages, submerging about 1,200 households, resulting in over 1,000 displaced residents.

Although emergency restoration and urgent disinfection are underway, power and water outages in the town area have lasted for several days, causing a shortage of drinking water in some areas, raising health risks for residents during the hot summer.

Haenam-gun urgently provided 1,000 boxes of bottled water to address the most urgent water supply needs and plans to provide additional disaster relief supplies if necessary in the future.

Governor Myeong Hyeon-gwan said, "It is heartbreaking that a major disaster occurred in a neighboring area not far away," and added, "We will explore various support measures to ensure the swift recovery of Gurye-gun's damages."

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