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The monsoon front, which brought heavy rain over the past weekend, is currently positioned over the central region. As this front moves up and down across the Korean Peninsula, monsoon rains are expected to continue nationwide throughout this week. Up to 150mm of heavy rain is forecast for northern Gyeonggi Province and northern Gangwon Province through tomorrow, July 21.
Reporter Jeong Gu-hui has the story.
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This is a village in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, where heavy rain over the past weekend caused water to flood into homes.
Soaked mattresses, cushions, desks, and various other household items have been rendered unusable.
With news of more heavy rain expected overnight, residents are installing water pumps, but their anxiety remains.
[Resident of Beolmal Village, Goyang, affected by flooding: I just hope it ends like this, but I am worried because they say rain is forecast throughout this week.]
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In Daegu, heavy rain washed down fallen leaves and soil, completely burying a drainage ditch near Beomeo Park, and rainwater flowing down the mountain ridge flooded a residential area of studio apartments.
The rain clouds that brought precipitation to North Gyeongsang Province and the central region today have now moved northward.
Satellite imagery shows a long, diagonal monsoon front developing where the North Pacific High from the south meets cold air from the northwest. This front is expected to settle over the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province, bringing heavy rain to the central region from tonight through tomorrow.
Through tomorrow, 30 to 100mm of rain is expected in the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province, 30 to 80mm in the Chungcheong region, and 5 to 60mm in the Honam and Yeongnam regions.
[Noh Yu-jin / Forecaster, Korea Meteorological Administration: Areas in northern Gyeonggi and northern Gangwon, where the cloud bands are most compressed, may see heavy, intense rainfall of 150mm or more.]
Just last week, the North Pacific High expanded as far as North Korea before being pushed back south by water vapor left behind by a typhoon, leading to a cycle of heavy rain and heat waves. However, this week, the North Pacific High is expected to fluctuate around the southern coast and the Yeongnam region, keeping the entire country under the influence of its edge and resulting in continuous rainfall.
(Video reporting: Kim Se-kyung | Video editing: Lee So-young, Park Jong-young, TBC)
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