Power Outage Affects Over 2,000 Households in Dobong-gu, Seoul During Monsoon Season

Strong rain and wind swept across the country, causing power outages that inconvenienced about 2,000 households in Dobong-gu, Seoul.

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According to the heavy rain response status data announced by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) as of 6 p.m. that day, 2,123 households in Dobong-gu, Seoul suffered power outages. Power restoration was completed for 1,541 households, while restoration is ongoing for 582 households.

Currently, 60 people from 38 households have temporarily evacuated in 14 cities, counties, and districts across five metropolitan cities and provinces including Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, and North Gyeongsang Province. Among them, 32 people from 18 households remain unaccounted for.

Roads are closed in a total of 19 locations, including five in Gyeonggi Province, and 165 riverside areas, including 27 in Seoul, are under control. Additionally, 249 trails in 10 national parks have been closed.

The scale of crop damage is 134.6 hectares (112.6 hectares submerged, 21.6 hectares with fallen fruit), which is 55.2 hectares less than the previous tally, and 0.3 hectares of farmland suffered burial damage.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, heavy rain warnings have been issued for the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Yeongseo region, with very heavy rain of about 20 to 40 mm per hour falling in some areas. Very heavy rain (30 to 80 mm per hour) is expected mainly in the central region.

The expected rainfall from the 13th to the 15th is 100 to 250 mm in the central region (excluding Gangwon East Coast), Jeonbuk, and northern inland North Gyeongsang Province. Over 400 mm is expected in the Chungnam area and Jeonbuk, over 300 mm in southern Gyeonggi, southern inland and mountainous Gangwon, Chungbuk, and northern inland North Gyeongsang Province. The Gangwon East Coast, Jeonnam area, and Gyeongsang area (excluding northern inland North Gyeongsang Province) will receive 50 to 150 mm of rain. Jeju will receive 5 to 60 mm of rain.

Heavy rain advisories have been issued for Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, and the West Sea Five Islands.

Heavy rain preliminary warnings were issued from 6 p.m. to midnight on the 13th for Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungnam; from midnight to 6 a.m. on the 14th for Jeonnam, Jeonbuk, Chungbuk, North Gyeongsang, South Gyeongsang, Gwangju, and Daegu. From 6 a.m. to noon on the 14th, heavy rain preliminary warnings are in effect for Jeonnam, North Gyeongsang, South Gyeongsang (excluding Hamyang and Geochang), Busan, and Ulsan.

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