<중대본> "Heavy Rain Death Toll Reaches 46... 2 More in Yecheon, Chungbuk"

Among the five residents who went missing in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk due to heavy rain, two were found dead, raising the nationwide death toll from the rain to 46.

On the morning of the 19th, a Marine soldier searching in Homyeong-myeon, Yecheon-gun, Gyeongbuk, was swept away by a rapid current and went missing. The Marine Corps Special Search Unit and the Marine Corps Veterans Association are conducting a search at the missing person's last known location.
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According to the heavy rain response report released by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) as of 6 p.m. on the 19th, the death toll was counted as 46 in total: 24 in Gyeongbuk, 17 in Chungbuk, 4 in Chungnam, and 1 in Sejong.

With the discovery of two missing persons from Yecheon, Gyeongbuk as bodies on this day, the number increased by two compared to the 44 reported as of 11 a.m. Around 11 a.m., Mr. B, in his 70s, who went missing while evacuating by vehicle with his wife near Gyeongjin Bridge in Dongsong-ri, Gaepo-myeon, Yecheon-gun on the day of the heavy rain, was found dead. His wife was recovered as a body the previous day in the Hancheon area of Jegok-ri, Yongmun-myeon.

At around 4:45 p.m., a body presumed to be a woman in her 50s who went missing after being swept away by a rapid current while evacuating by car in Yecheon on the 15th was found in an apple orchard in Oryu-ri, Eunpoong-myeon, Yecheon-gun.

One marine who went missing in a rapid current during a search in Yecheon-gun has not yet been found. To avoid confusion, the authorities have not included this missing person in the casualty count and have marked them separately.

The number of people who evacuated temporarily and have not yet returned home is 5,494 across 3,655 households. Among them, 3,775 people from 2,534 households are living in temporary shelters such as schools or senior centers, and 1,719 people from 1,121 households are staying at relatives' homes.

Damage to private facilities occurred 1,047 times, mainly in Chungbuk and Gyeongbuk. The most frequent was house flooding with 471 cases, followed by 333 cases of vehicle flooding and other damages, and 125 cases of partial or total house destruction.

Public facilities suffered a total of 1,101 damages, including 463 in Chungnam, 244 in Chungbuk, and 228 in Gyeongbuk. These included 146 cases of road flooding and washouts, 107 cases of water and sewage system damage, 187 cases of flooding, and 201 cases of other damages such as fallen trees.

Power outages affected 37,640 households, of which 37,452 have been restored, resulting in a restoration rate of 99.5%. The unrecovered households number 188, including 165 in Gyeongbuk and 11 in Chungnam. Among them, 10 households in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk are inaccessible due to road washouts.

Agricultural land covering 32,894.5 hectares, more than half the size of Seoul, was flooded. The scale of fruit drop damage was 110.4 hectares. Livestock barns and vinyl greenhouses covering 52.0 hectares were damaged. The number of livestock deaths, including chickens and ducks, rose to 797,000.

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