Mayor Lee Gang-deok, "Will Swiftly Implement Follow-up Measures After Typhoon, Including Coastal Waste Cleanup"

Full Efforts for Beach Environment Maintenance, 6 Designated Beaches Operating Normally on Weekends

Speeding Up Damage Assessment of Crops like Apples and Public and Private Facilities

With all typhoon warnings lifted in Pohang City, Mayor Lee Kang-deok has ordered a swift acceleration of follow-up measures for typhoon 'Khanun,' including environmental cleanup and damage surveys of affected farms.

The scene of environmental maintenance in progress at Yeongildae Beach.

On the afternoon of the 10th, when the typhoon had almost moved out of Pohang's influence zone, Mayor Lee visited the Disaster Safety Situation Room and urged thorough follow-up actions such as collecting coastal garbage and promptly conducting crop damage surveys to ensure that citizens and tourists face no inconvenience during the upcoming weekend.

Accordingly, from the afternoon of the 10th, Pohang City deployed manpower and equipment to begin coastal waste cleanup. Dogu Beach reopened normally from the 11th, and five designated beaches including Yeongildae Beach resumed normal operations from the 12th.

At Dogu Beach, about 150 personnel including Sea Environment Guardians, public workers, Donghae Local Youth Association, and the 1st Marine Division, along with five pieces of equipment such as excavators, prioritized the removal of approximately 30 tons of marine debris and reopened the beach on the earliest date, the 11th. Thanks to the swift measures in Donghae-myeon, the clam gathering event at Dogu Beach proceeded without disruption on the 13th.

Chilpo Beach also launched a large-scale environmental cleanup on the 11th with about 120 personnel from the Development Advisory Committee, Village Chiefs Association, Saemaul Association, Volunteer Fire Brigade, Autonomous Disaster Prevention Group, and Chilpo Prosperity Association, deploying around 10 pieces of equipment including excavators, dump trucks, and cleaning vehicles, and resumed normal beach operations from the 12th.

Yeongildae Beach, along with Guryongpo, Wolpo, and Hwajin Beaches, also began rapid cleanup efforts simultaneously with the help of beach merchants' associations, volunteers, and military units, and all designated beaches reopened normally on the 12th.

At the non-designated Songdo Beach, nine excavators and eight 15-ton dump trucks were deployed to collect marine debris washed ashore by the typhoon. Non-designated and temporary beaches such as Odo, Yonghan, Jukcheon, and Gangsa 1-ri also underwent simultaneous cleanup to minimize inconvenience for beachgoers.

In addition, Pohang City has begun a full-scale damage survey of public and private facilities, including farms affected by apple fruit drop and other damage caused by the strong winds accompanying this typhoon.

The city plans to vigorously promote damage reporting for private facilities and make every effort to ensure no damage cases are overlooked by promptly receiving damage claims and conducting swift on-site investigations.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok expressed gratitude, saying, "Thanks to the combined efforts of public officials, self-governing organizations, private groups, and related agencies who worked hard during the typhoon period, we were able to accelerate the return to normal life." He added, "We will focus administrative power on swiftly completing restoration work and conducting crop damage surveys to ensure no damage caused by the typhoon is overlooked."

Typhoon No. 6 'Khanun' brought strong winds and heavy rain averaging 183.9 mm over two days, the 9th and 10th, to the Pohang area, but fortunately, due to proactive preemptive measures, no significant damage was reported.

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