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On the first day of September today (Sept. 1), heavy rain pounded the central regions, including Chungcheong Province. The so-called second monsoon season has come to an end today, while Typhoon Krovan, the 24th typhoon of the season, has formed in the waters south of Okinawa, Japan.

Reporter Jeong Gu-hui has the details.

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This morning in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, government officials urgently restricted access as the water level of the Galducheon stream rose to the brink of overflowing.

Roads were flooded in various places, forcing vehicles to cautiously cut through the water, while strong winds snapped street trees that fell across roads.

Extreme rainfall of 79 mm per hour poured down on Taean today, and Mallipo recorded 114 mm of rain in a single day alone.

Two people who went missing while farming in North Jeolla Province, where heavy downpours hit yesterday, were both found dead.

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Over the past five days, torrential downpours battered the region, dumping 579 mm on Nakwol-do island in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, 358 mm in Gunsan, and 311 mm in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province—all amounts exceeding the entire monthly average rainfall for August.

The main culprit was a stationary front stretching from the southwest to the northeast. As the front is now losing strength, it is currently bringing scattered rain only to the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province.

This effectively marks the end of the so-called "second monsoon."

Starting tomorrow, sweltering heat hovering around 30°C (86°F) will continue.

Humidity will remain high, and occasional shower activity is expected in Chungcheong, the southern regions, and Gangwon Province.

Looking at satellite imagery, the stationary front over our country is visible.

Meanwhile, Typhoon Krovan, the 24th typhoon of the season, formed this morning in waters about 600 km south of Okinawa, Japan.

The typhoon's intensity is level 1, the lowest among the five-tier typhoon intensity scale.

The typhoon is expected to pass through waters east of Okinawa, Japan, around the day after tomorrow, and approach waters near Kyushu around the 4th.

If this typhoon moves up to northern Kyushu, Japan, it could potentially affect South Korea. However, current forecasts suggest that strong westerly winds blowing in the upper atmosphere when it reaches the Kyushu area will likely prevent it from moving toward South Korea.

Looking at the Japan Meteorological Agency's projected path, it forecasts a track quite similar to ours, so it is currently assessed that there will be no impact on South Korea. Still, we must keep a close eye on the typhoon's movement through the latter half of this week.

(Video editing: Kim Jin-won, Design: Park Tae-young, Footage provided by: Taean County)