Ten Dead Due to Typhoon Hin Nam No... Over 8,300 Houses Flooded

Two Survivors Found in Pohang Underground Parking Lot, 7 Found in Cardiac Arrest
Over 400mm of Heavy Rain in One Day Causes Concentrated Damage in Gyeongbuk Region

Due to the impact of Typhoon Hinnamnor, the fire authorities conducted additional searches on the morning of the 7th in the underground parking lot of an apartment in Indeok-dong, Pohang, Gyeongbuk. (Photo by Yonhap News)

Due to the impact of Typhoon 'Hinnamnor', two residents of an apartment in Indeok-dong, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, who went missing after the underground parking lot was flooded, have been rescued, and seven were found dead.

According to the fire authorities on the 7th, among the nine people rescued between 8:15 PM on the 6th and 2:15 AM on the same day, a 39-year-old man, Mr. A, and a 52-year-old woman, Ms. B, were alive and transported to the hospital. Seven others were found in cardiac arrest: a 70-year-old man, a 65-year-old woman, a 68-year-old man, an unidentified man and woman in their 50s, a man in his 20s, and a teenage boy.

The authorities currently believe the possibility of finding additional survivors is slim. The flooded underground parking lot measures approximately 150 meters in length, 35 meters in width, and 3.5 meters in height, and is known to contain about 120 vehicles. The residents living in the first and second phases of the apartment complex reportedly went out to move their vehicles after an announcement from the management office around 6:30 AM on the 6th, but were presumed missing as the underground parking lot rapidly flooded, according to the fire authorities.

On the evening of the 66th day, firefighters and military personnel are rescuing missing residents from the flooded underground parking lot of an apartment in Indeok-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, due to heavy rain from Typhoon 'Hinnamnor'. (Photo by Yonhap News)

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH), as of 6 AM, the typhoon has caused a tentative total of 10 deaths, 2 missing persons, and 3 injuries. In Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 9 people died and 1 person is missing. One person died in Gyeongju, and one person is missing in Ulsan. Facility damage includes 11,934 private properties such as flooded houses, 426 public facilities including roads and bridges, and 3,815 hectares of crop damage. Flooded houses number 8,328, and flooded commercial buildings 308, mostly in Gyeongbuk. The total crop damage area is 3,815 hectares, with Gyeongbuk having the largest share at 2,308 hectares, followed by Gyeongnam with 477 hectares, Jeonnam 411 hectares, Jeju 280 hectares, and Jeonbuk 253 hectares.

There were a total of 200 power outages affecting 89,203 households, with a restoration rate of 98.2%. Passenger ship operations were suspended on two routes with two vessels, but most have resumed service. Air and rail services resumed normal operations across all sections from the afternoon of the previous day. National Road No. 4 remains closed.

The reason for the severe damage in Gyeongbuk was the collision of air currents as Typhoon Hinnamnor moved northward, causing heavy rainfall in a short period. The maximum hourly rainfall was 110.5mm in Pohang and 95mm in Gyeongju. From the 5th to 10 AM on the 6th, 483.5mm fell on Tohamsan in Gyeongju, 466.1mm in Pohang, and 422.5mm in Ulsan. Based on sea level pressure, Hinnamnor was the third strongest typhoon on record. When Hinnamnor made landfall in Geoje at 4:50 AM on the 6th, its central pressure was 955.5 hPa, the third lowest after Typhoon Sarah (951.5 hPa) and Typhoon Maemi (954.0 hPa).

Currently, all typhoon warnings nationwide have been lifted, the CDSCH emergency level has been downgraded from level 3 to level 1, and the typhoon response crisis alert level has been lowered from ‘Severe’ to ‘Caution’.

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