[Anchor] Another round of heavy rain is expected, mainly in the central region, overnight.
The monsoon front will be positioned over the Chungcheong, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongbuk regions, and as a mesoscale low-pressure system develops once again, the rain clouds are expected to intensify.
In these areas, heavy downpours of 20mm to 50mm per hour are expected between dawn and morning tomorrow (July 19), so please take extra precautions to prevent any additional damage.
Let us check the amount of rainfall recorded from yesterday until this evening.
Paju saw the heaviest rainfall with 197mm, and Seoul's Eunpyeong-gu also received very heavy rain, nearing 160mm.
Through tomorrow, heavy rain of 120mm to a maximum of over 150mm will be concentrated in the southern Gangwon, Chungcheong, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongbuk regions, while Seoul is expected to receive an additional 5mm to 20mm of rain.
Accordingly, preliminary heavy rain alerts are currently in effect for southern Gangwon, Chungcheong, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongbuk.
Humid, sweltering heat will continue tomorrow as well.
The perceived temperature in Jeju and the southern provinces, where heatwave alerts are in effect, will rise to around 33°C (91°F), and tropical night alerts are also in effect for the southern coast of Jeonnam, Gyeongnam, and Jeju.
The monsoon rain is expected to continue into next week, and there may be a lull in the rain in some areas between tomorrow evening and the early hours of the day after tomorrow.
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