Daily Rainfall of 120mm Water Bomb, Jeonnam Fire Department Sweats Hard on Flood Recovery

The Jeonnam Fire Headquarters is putting all its efforts into flood recovery in the Jeonnam region, where daily rainfall has recorded 120mm.

According to Jeonnam Fire on the 18th, 66 reports of rain damage were received from midnight to noon that day.

The entrance to a village in Usan-ri, Gwangyang, was blocked by flowing soil, and firefighters are taking safety measures.
[Photo by Jeonnam Fire Headquarters]

At around 5:57 a.m., water entered a house in Donggang-myeon, Goheung-gun, and drainage and safety measures were taken. At 7:45 a.m., a report was received that soil was sliding down at a nursing home in Dolsan-eup, Yeosu-si. Firefighters who were dispatched judged the situation to be dangerous, moved five patients from the ward, and contacted related agencies for further action.

At 8:37 a.m., a retaining wall of a house collapsed in Dupo-myeon, Yeongam-gun, and safety measures were taken. At 9:34 a.m., a report was received of soil sliding down onto a village road in Usan-ri, Gwangyang, causing isolation; firefighters were dispatched and took action. Additionally, in Sujeong-dong, Yeosu-si, rocks at risk of falling were proactively removed.

Along with Jeonnam Fire, volunteer firefighters are also lending their strength. In Shindae-ri, Haksan-myeon, Yeongam-gun, firefighters and volunteer firefighters worked together on repair work at a site where water had flooded a yard.

Meanwhile, a heavy rain warning is currently in effect throughout Jeonnam, and from midnight to 1 p.m. that day, rainfall amounts were recorded as 120.5mm in Goheung, 113mm in Gwangyang, 112mm in Boseong, 97.5mm in Wando, 96.3mm in Gwangyang, 89mm in Suncheon, 84.5mm in Gurye, and 83mm in Sinan.

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