Power Outages Strike Overnight Amid Heavy Rain and Strong Winds; Flood Advisory Issued and Lifted

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Heavy rain poured down overnight, primarily across the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province. While there were several power outages, no casualties have been reported.

Our first report today, July 15, comes from reporter Je Hui-won.

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A tree, unable to withstand the fierce wind and rain, has fallen and is now in contact with power lines.

Around 11:00 p.m. last night, electricity was cut off for approximately 970 households in the Bongcheon-dong area of Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

Emergency restoration work restored power to about 800 households, but about 170 households endured power outages throughout the night.

The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) plans to remove the fallen tree at daybreak and continue the remaining restoration work.

Prior to this, around 10:00 p.m. last night, power outages occurred in about 150 households in Sinjeong-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, and about 950 households in Geomo-dong, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do.

[Resident affected by power outage: Everything is cut off, right? Look over there.]

KEPCO stated that the power outage in Geomo-dong, Siheung, was caused by an external object coming into contact with a utility pole due to heavy rain and strong winds, and that restoration was completed in about two hours.

The power outage in Sinjeong-dong was also resolved in about 50 minutes after a circuit breaker malfunctioned due to the sudden downpour.

In addition, electricity was cut off for 93 households in a residential area in Gaepo-dong, Seoul, around 11:30 p.m. last night, with power restored after two and a half hours. Around 10:30 p.m. last night, power supply was temporarily interrupted around Eulwangni Beach in Incheon, but it has now been fully restored.

As the water level gradually receded at Neobudae Bridge on the Mokgamcheon Stream in Seoul, where a flood advisory had been issued due to heavy overnight rain, the advisory was lifted as of 1:00 a.m. today.

(Video coverage: Kim Han-gyeol, Video editing: Kim Yun-seong, Footage provided by: Viewer Jeong Seong-tae)
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