'Trees Fall and Roads Flooded' Continuous Rain Damage in Gwangju and Jeonnam

Heavy rain exceeding 60mm per hour poured down in the Gwangju and Jeonnam areas, causing landslides that buried houses and flooding roads, resulting in continuous damage.

According to Gwangju and Jeonnam fire departments on the 14th, about 20 damage reports were received in Jeonnam from midnight to 8 a.m. that day.

On the morning of the 14th, soil slid down a hillside next to a house in Baeksu-eup, Yeonggwang.
[Photo by Jeonnam Fire Headquarters]

There were many damage reports in Yeonggwang, where the accumulated rainfall reached 112mm. Most reports involved water entering houses and village halls, and trees falling on roads.

At around 7:50 a.m., in Baeksu-eup, Yeonggwang, a tree fell and covered a house. No casualties have been reported.

Damage also continued in Gwangju.

At around 8:40 a.m., a report was received that the ceiling collapsed in a house in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, and in Sinyong-dong, Buk-gu, soil from a nearby mountain flowed down onto a road, causing traffic inconvenience.

Earlier, at around 4:40 a.m., electricity and communication services were cut off for 55 minutes in 945 households in Songjeong 1-dong and Sinheung-dong, Gwangsan-gu.

The lower roads of Gwangcheon 1st and 2nd bridges, Gwangam Bridge, Geungnak Bridge, and Gwangsin Bridge in Seo-gu were closed, and access to riverside parking lots such as Cheomdan Bridge in Gwangsan-gu, Siyang Naru, Hwangryonggang Waterfront Park, and the entrance to Pungyeongjeongcheon was restricted.

The Yeongsan River Flood Control Office issued a flood warning at 7:50 a.m. for Hwangryonggang in Jangseong-gun (2nd Hwangryong Bridge) and at 10:10 a.m. for Hwangryonggang in Gwangju City (Jangnok Bridge).

Meanwhile, from midnight to 10 a.m. that day, rainfall amounts recorded were 129.5mm in Muan, Jeonnam; 112mm in Yeonggwang (Yeomsan); 101mm in Sinan (Imjado); 88mm in Jangseong; 86.8mm in Yeonggwang; and 61.5mm in Gwangju.

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