Heavy Rains Cause Flooding Across Southern Regions... Rain Forecast Nationwide Tomorrow

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While this is much-needed rain to quench a drought, it has also brought flood damage to certain areas. Torrential downpours in the Jeolla and Gwangju regions led to a series of flooded homes and roads.

Reporter Han Sung-hee has the details.

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Firefighters are pumping water out of a flooded house in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, on the morning of today, August 16.

A nearby village road was also submerged due to the torrential rain.

In the Jeolla and Gwangju regions, where over 200 millimeters of heavy rain poured overnight, more than 140 reports of heavy rain damage had been filed as of 4:00 PM today, including 50 cases of flooded homes.

Emergency disaster text messages were dispatched to areas such as Mokpo, Haenam, and Yeongam as concentrated downpours exceeding 60 millimeters per hour struck the coast of South Jeolla Province.

In Mokpo, which experienced record-breaking downpours reaching 66.4 millimeters per hour at one point, two residents were rescued as water rose inside their homes. In Naju, damage continued to mount as heavy rains knocked down street trees and caused sewage to back up.

Strong rain of around 40 millimeters per hour also fell mainly in mountainous areas of Jeju, leading to the partial closure of Hallasan hiking trails.

Entering the afternoon, the rain mostly subsided across the inland areas of the Jeolla region, but heavy rain of around 50 millimeters per hour battered various parts of the Gyeongsang region.

As heavy rain advisories and warnings remain in effect across the Gyeongsang region, the Korea Forest Service raised the landslide crisis alert for South Jeolla Province, Gwangju, Busan, Ulsan, and South Gyeongsang Province from "Caution" to "Warning."

Rain is expected to continue across most parts of the country tomorrow, accompanied by showers in various areas.

The expected precipitation is 5 to 10 millimeters for the Seoul metropolitan area, 5 to 20 millimeters for Gangwon Province, 5 to 30 millimeters for the Chungcheong region, 5 to 60 millimeters for the Jeolla region, 5 to 150 millimeters or more for the Gyeongsang region, and 20 to 100 millimeters or more for Jeju Island.

In particular, parts of the Gyeongsang region and Jeju may experience heavy rain accompanied by gusts, thunder, and lightning.

[Video Editing: Choi Hye-ran]
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