7600 Displaced by 11 Days of Heavy Rain... Continuous Casualties Reported

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyungsoo] Due to heavy rain pouring for more than ten days this month, the number of disaster victims nationwide has exceeded 7,600.

According to the damage scale compiled by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) as of 4:30 p.m. on the 11th, the number of disaster victims caused by the heavy rain continuing since the 1st was confirmed to be 7,608 people in 4,379 households across 11 cities and provinces.

Looking at the overall damage situation during the same period, the total number of deaths due to the heavy rain was 32, and the missing persons were 10. The number of injured was 8. This figure does not include casualties from water-related accidents such as the capsizing of a vessel on Uiamho Lake in Chuncheon, which resulted in 4 deaths and 2 missing persons.

Since the 1st, the fire authorities have rescued and evacuated 2,063 people. Over the 11 days this month, 23,322 cases of facility damage have been reported. Public facilities accounted for 9,295 cases, and private facilities for 14,027 cases. The damaged agricultural land area reached 27,466 hectares.

At around 10:25 a.m. on this day, a woman found dead in the Han River between Namyangju and Hanam cities in Gyeonggi Province was confirmed to be Ms. A, in her 60s, who went missing on the 2nd in Eumseong, Chungbuk. The Namyangju Police Station in Gyeonggi confirmed her identity by collecting fingerprints from the body. Ms. A went missing after being swept away by a rapid current in a stream in Ohhyang 6-ri, Gamgok-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungbuk, at around 8:30 a.m. on the 2nd. It took 9 days after she went missing for Ms. A to be found about 80 km downstream along the Namhan River from the missing location.

At around 8:05 a.m. on this day, the body of a woman in her 70s was also found near the rainwater storage facility of Bulgwangcheon in front of World Cup Stadium in Mapo-gu, Seoul. The Seoul Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters stated that no circumstances were found to suggest that this was a casualty caused by the heavy rain.

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