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In areas the place greater than 20 individuals died or went lacking resulting from heavy rain that broke the report ranges final yr, greater than 200 mm of rain fell since final night time.
As bridges had been submerged and roads minimize off, an increasing number of residents turned stranded, and many individuals had been evacuated resulting from stories of heavier rain.
This is reporter Kim Kyung-cheol with in the present day’s first information.
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The muddy water flows at an alarming fee, as if it might overflow at any second.
The pepper fields by the river are lined in mud, making it tough to inform whether or not they’re fields or garbage heaps.
Early this morning, a river in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do overflowed, crossing over 19 residents in two villages.
Residents had been barely saved after they evacuated to their roofs from the out of the blue dashing river water.
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“Very quickly, he was throughout our yard and the entrance door. “I had a pet canine at residence, so I went up on the roof holding the canine and went up round 2:50 within the morning and stayed there till 6:30.”
There have been individuals who barely managed to flee with out even a single piece of clothes.
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“I am anxious as a result of individuals are being pressured to evacuate they usually do not have garments to alter into.”
The scenario is extra harmful in Yeongyang County, situated above the flooded river.
On the break of the river, the financial institution of the river collapsed resulting from a water bomb of 55 mm per hour, taking the entire city below water.
The home was additionally torn to items.
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“I awoke and a girl got here and woke me up, if I hadn’t died. “Now that I am right here, there is no electrical energy, and every part’s gone.”
In northern Gyeongbuk, 24 roads had been flooded or broken by falling rocks, so visitors was utterly blocked.
The highway connecting Andong and Yeongyang was flooded as vomit from the mountain blocked the drainage ditch, and pressing restoration work is underway.
Faculties the place muddy water from the mountains behind them flowed into lecture rooms and cafeterias needed to shut or finish courses early.
As of 6 p.m., 240 mm was recorded in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 234 mm in Andong, and 231 mm in Yeongyang. stopped for some time, once more in a single day.
That is Gyeong-cheol Kim from MBC Information.
Video Broadcast: Cha Younger-woo (Andong)
2024-07-08 10:47:19
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