Pohang Underground Parking Flooding Missing Accident, 2 Survivors and 6 Dead ... 1 Additional Missing Person Not on List Added

On the night of the 6th, firefighters and military personnel are rescuing missing residents from an underground parking lot of an apartment in Nam-gu, Pohang, flooded by heavy rain brought by Typhoon Hinnamnor. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Among the eight residents who went missing while trying to retrieve their cars from a flooded underground parking lot of an apartment in Nam-gu, Pohang City, caused by the heavy rain brought by Typhoon Hin Nam No, two have survived and six have died.

Initially, seven people were reported missing in this underground parking lot, but one person found dead was confirmed to be someone not on the original missing persons list.

On the 6th, a man in his 30s, Mr. A, miraculously survived around 8:15 PM, and a woman in her 50s, Ms. B, was rescued at 9:41 PM. Both were transported to the hospital and are receiving treatment. It is understood that their lives are not in danger.

A Gyeongbuk Fire Department official stated on the 7th, “The first survivor, Mr. A, was found holding onto a sewage pipe in the underground parking lot, and the second survivor, Ms. B, was lying face down in the space above the pipes in the underground parking lot.”

According to the Fire Department, six others were found in cardiac arrest: one woman in her 50s, one woman in her 60s, one man in his 50s, one man in his 60s, one man in his 20s, and one unidentified man.

The fire authorities are continuing the search while verifying identities against the existing missing persons list to determine if there are additional victims.

The fire authorities explained that rescue personnel can enter the site on foot when the drainage rate reaches 70 to 80%.

The residents living in about 400 households across the first and second phases of the apartment complex reportedly went out to move their vehicles after hearing an announcement from the management office around 6:30 AM on the 6th, instructing them to relocate their cars in the underground parking lot. They went missing when water suddenly flooded the underground parking lot during the vehicle movement.

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