Gyeongbuk Fire Department: "12 Dead, 10 Missing, 2 Injured Due to Heavy Rain... Response Level 2"

5 Dead in Yecheon, 4 in Yeongju, 2 in Bonghwa, 1 in Mungyeong
Buried and Missing Persons Currently Being Rescued

As heavy rain continues nationwide for the third consecutive day, casualties are mounting in the Gyeongbuk region.

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In particular, heavy rain poured intensively during the night and early morning in the northern part of the province, where a lot of rain has recently fallen, causing damage such as houses being buried.

According to the Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters and Gyeongbuk Police Agency, as of 12:00 PM on the 15th, there have been 12 deaths, 10 missing persons, and 2 injuries in the province.

The number of deaths by area is 5 in Yecheon, 4 in Yeongju, 2 in Bonghwa, and 1 in Mungyeong.

A significant portion of the casualties occurred as heavy rain poured on already weakened ground, causing landslides on mountain slopes to rush into homes during the night and early morning, burying houses.

At around 5:16 AM that day, a report was received that about 5 out of 13 households were swept away due to a landslide in Baekseok-ri, Sang-ri-myeon, Yecheon-gun, and rescue operations are underway. Four people died and one person is missing in this accident.

In Saburi, Yongmun-myeon, two people went missing due to a landslide, and in Yecheon, deaths and missing persons continued due to burial and river washouts.

On the same day, Yecheon-gun announced that, according to its own tally, as of 12:20 PM, there were 6 deaths and 10 missing persons. This includes 4 missing in Gamcheon-myeon, 4 deaths and 2 missing in Hyoja-myeon, 2 deaths and 2 missing in Eunpung-myeon, and 2 missing in Yongmun-myeon.

Outside Yecheon, in Chunyang-myeon, Bonghwa, two people died due to house collapse, and in Samgari, Punggi-myeon, Yeongju, and Galsan-ri, Jangsu-myeon, two people died in each location.

One person died in Supyeong-ri, Dongno-myeon, Mungyeong, and one person is missing in Gajwa-ri, Sanbuk-myeon, Mungyeong-si.

The fire authorities stated that rescue operations have been conducted for a total of 166 people. Rescue and search operations are still ongoing.

Additionally, the Fire Headquarters and Gyeongbuk Police Agency are confirming the scale of additional damage.

The Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters has issued a Level 2 response and deployed 409 personnel and 149 pieces of equipment to carry out rescue operations.

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