Rescuers seek for a 89-year-old man who was swept away by flooded water at a lake in Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province, Sunday. Her physique was discovered later. Yonhap
Heavy rains in southern areas left one lifeless and resulted within the flooding of farms, roads and homes and injury to cultural heritages, catastrophe authorities mentioned Sunday.
An 89-year-old man was discovered lifeless in a reservoir in Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, after falling right into a drainage ditch close to his dwelling a day earlier, in accordance with catastrophe security officers.
The southwestern area was hit with torrential downpours, with Yeosu receiving as much as 400 millimeters and Jangheung, Gangjin and Suncheon experiencing over 300 mm of rainfall since Thursday.
Greater than 1,030 hectares of farmland in South Jeolla Province have been broken, whereas 300 tons of grain saved in Jangheung have been flooded.
Round 145 homes and roads in South Jeolla Province have been submerged, and roughly 60 individuals have been evacuated from a campsite in Hwasun as a result of landslide considerations close to a riverbank.
In Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, a report 428 mm of rainfall over the previous two days led to the collapse of a bit of the Daeseong-dong Tumuli, a UNESCO World Heritage website. It’s the first time components of the tombs have collapsed as a result of heavy rain. (Yonhap)
