Trees Fallen and Flooding in Various Areas... Continuous Rain Damage in Seoul

Damage in Jongno-gu, Seodaemun-gu, and Other Areas

Heavy rain concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan area caused various damages, including soil erosion in Seoul.

Sediment that flowed down in Gugi Tunnel, Eunpyeong-gu, has clogged the sedimentation basin, causing water to flow down the retaining wall.
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According to Jongno District Office on the 17th, at around 9:42 a.m., soil was washed out on a two-lane road from Changuimun in Jongno-gu, Seoul, leading to Bukak Skyway due to heavy rain. The fallen soil caused part of the safety fence on Bukaksan-ro in Pyeongchang-dong, Jongno-gu, which connects to Bukak Skyway, to collapse. There were no casualties.

At around 9:40 a.m. in Yeonhui-dong, Seodaemun-gu, a retaining wall collapsed due to heavy rain, damaging a city gas pipe. The gas company temporarily suspended gas supply to three nearby villa buildings and gradually resumed it. The district office is temporarily repairing the wall after removing the soil.

At around 9:50 a.m. near the entrance of Gugidong Tunnel in Eunpyeong-gu, sediment carried by heavy rain blocked a sedimentation basin, causing water to overflow the retaining wall and flow onto the road. The district office removed the soil and completed the measures in about 40 minutes. Earlier, at around 7:58 a.m., a tree fell near the entrance to Namsan No.1 Tunnel in Toegye-ro 2-ga, Jung-gu, due to heavy rain, but there were no casualties.

There were also numerous flooding damages, both large and small. Around 9 a.m. that day, a large apartment complex in Gangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, experienced water accumulation on the first-floor common area and basement parking lot floor as the drainage system failed during the heavy rain. Water dripped from the ceiling, and elevator operations were suspended.

Around the same time, in an officetel in nearby Gildong, Gangdong-gu, rainwater flowed into the elevator, causing it to stop working. Fire authorities responded to a report that one person was trapped inside the elevator and rescued them.

At a nearby apartment construction site in Godeok-dong, water was seen filling the floor. A semi-basement house in Gangdong-gu also reported flooding, and drainage work was carried out. In Gangseo-gu, there were two requests for drainage support, and in Yeongdeungpo-gu, access was restricted for a time in the afternoon as water accumulated on roads near Saetgang in Yeouido.

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