Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok Urges Full Mobilization of Resources for Heavy Rain Damage Recovery

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province, urged that all efforts be mobilized to recover from the damage caused by the heavy rain.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 6th, Governor Kim chaired an emergency inspection meeting on the damage caused by the heavy rain with the participation of department heads, mayors, and county heads, and instructed, "We will mobilize all the capabilities of the province and cities/counties to ensure that the damage caused by the heavy rain is quickly restored."

Since the late monsoon began on the 3rd, heavy rain warnings have continued in all 22 cities and counties.

More than 500mm of heavy rain fell in the southern coastal area, and record-breaking downpours of over 70mm per hour occurred in Haenam Bukil and Hyunsan, Jangheung Gwansan, and Gangjin Maryang, causing successive flooding damage.

As of 3 p.m. on the day, two deaths were reported, one each in Haenam and Gwangyang. In addition, 47 people were temporarily evacuated, 14,841 hectares of farmland were flooded, 130 houses were submerged, and 42 livestock sheds were flooded.

The Provincial Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters raised the emergency duty to level 3, strengthened surveillance of collapse-prone areas such as landslides and steep slopes for residents' safety, and prepared for flooding in low-lying coastal areas and river overflows.

Governor Kim said, "Facilities directly related to residents' lives such as roads, houses, and farmland must be restored as a top priority by mobilizing all available resources including public officials, volunteers, and military and police forces," and urged, "We will carefully take care to ensure that residents living in temporary shelters due to submerged houses or to avoid danger do not experience inconvenience in meals and sleeping."

He also said, "With the heavy rain warning in effect, the ground is very weakened," and urged residents in disaster-prone low-lying areas such as steep slopes at risk of landslides and rivers at risk of flooding to carefully observe any abnormal signs and safely evacuate to designated places such as village halls.

On the morning of the same day, Governor Kim visited the site of a house buried by a landslide in Jinsang-myeon, Gwangyang, and promised, "I deeply regret the casualties caused by the heavy rain and will promptly provide disaster relief funds to help the bereaved families as much as possible."

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