Yeonggwang Hit by Extreme Downpours of 100mm per Hour; Flooding and Rain-Slicked Accidents Reported Nationwide

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Heavy rain pounded the southern regions overnight, causing a series of damages. Rivers overflowed, submerging walking paths, while vehicles overturned on rain-slicked roads.

Reporter Lee Se-hyeon has the details.

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A river has overflowed, completely submerging trees and walking paths underwater.

Torrential downpours continue in the southern regions, with Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, recording nearly 100mm of rain per hour as of 5:00 AM today (the 31st).

Heavy rain advisories have been issued across the entire Jeolla province, as well as Gangwon Province, South Chungcheong Province, and Daejeon, while heavy rain warnings are in effect for Wido-myeon in Buan, North Jeolla Province, and Nakwol-myeon in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced that 421 cases of firefighting activities, including flooding of roads and homes, were reported as of 11:00 PM last night.

The headquarters emphasized, "We will maintain Level 1 emergency duty and thoroughly manage the situation by inspecting and restricting access to hazardous areas."

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Rain-related accidents also continued.

When a piece of equipment flips an overturned car with its front bumper completely smashed, it drops with a loud roar.

At around 9:30 PM last night, a secondary traffic accident occurred near the Suncheon Tunnel 2 on the Honam Expressway toward Gwangju in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, resulting in a passenger car overturning.

According to the investigation, the driver of a passenger car that had slipped on the rainy road and hit a road structure got out of the car after stopping. An express bus, failing to see the stopped vehicle, struck it, causing the car to flip over.

In this accident, a woman in her 40s who was driving the passenger car sustained minor injuries and received treatment.

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Around 8:40 PM yesterday, a fire broke out in a vehicle on a road in front of an apartment complex in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.

[Fire Witness : There were about three or four really loud explosion sounds. Just going 'bang, bang, bang' from the car. When I went out to look, the car was already on fire.]

Firefighters dispatched upon receiving the report mobilized 10 pieces of equipment and 25 personnel to extinguish the fire in about 10 minutes.

Fortunately, there were no casualties as the driver managed to escape from the vehicle immediately after the fire started.

Fire authorities are investigating the cause of the fire based on eyewitness statements that explosion sounds were heard.

(Video Editing: Kim Jong-tae, Footage Provided by: Gyeonggi Provincial Disaster and Fire Headquarters and Viewer Song Young-hoon)
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