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Hourly Rainfall Exceeds 100mm in Geoje, Triggering Flood Damage in South Jeolla and Gwangju Heavy downpours exceeding 100mm per hour pounded Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, overnight, submerging villages and roads and prompting evacuation orders for residents. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:14 AM

Cumulative Rainfall Exceeds 850mm... Water Pipes Broken and Blackouts Hit Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do As torrential rains exceeding 800 mm battered the Geoje region over the three-day Liberation Day holiday, damaged water pipes and blackouts have added to the suffering of residents. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:14 AM

Extreme Downpour of 124.5mm per Hour Triggers Landslide, Leaving 1 Dead Heavy downpours suddenly struck the Gyeongsangnam-do region, which had been suffering from a severe drought, causing a wave of damage. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:14 AM

Torrential Waters: Terrifying Moments Captured in Viewer-Submitted Videos Over 120 millimeters of rain in a single hour is hard to gauge with numbers alone. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:14 AM

Fear of Additional Collapses... Evacuation Orders Issued for Some 350 Residents Now, let's go live to the scene of the landslide in Geoje, where one resident was killed and two others were injured. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:13 AM

Barely Survived Buried in Mud... Helpless Against '450mm Water Bomb' Torrential rains exceeding 450mm poured down today in Tongyeong near Geoje, as well as in Busan. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:13 AM

Torrential Rain of 640mm in a Day Leaves 3 Dead or Injured in Landslide In Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, torrential rain exceeding 120 millimeters per hour triggered a landslide that struck an apartment building. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:11 AM

Geoje's Okpo Commercial District Left in Ruins After Torrential Downpour... "First Time Seeing Such Flooding" It's absolute chaos." On the morning of the 17th, around the commercial district in Okpo-dong, Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:11 AM

Cars Washed Away and Parking Lots Submerged: "Pouring Like a Waterfall" Following record-breaking rainfall in Geoje yesterday , numerous video reports flooded into SBS. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:11 AM

640mm of Torrential Rain in One Day Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured Heavy rain suddenly battered the Gyeongsangnam-do region during the holiday weekend, following a severe drought, leading to a series of damages. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:10 AM