Has the rainstorm stopped in Seoul?

No, this year's No.6 typhoon "Kanu" landed on the southern coast of South Korea on August 10, and then ran through the whole territory of South Korea from south to north. Affected by this, strong winds and heavy rains will continue throughout South Korea until the morning of 1 1.

According to Yonhap News Agency, on the morning of 10, "Kanu" will land about 30 kilometers west of Tongying City, South Gyeongsangnam-do, and then continue to move north, reaching 60 kilometers south-southeast of Cheongju City, Chungcheongbuk-do around 15. At 2 1, "Kanu" will pass 40 kilometers east-southeast of Seoul and then move to North Korea.

Judging from the precipitation from 9th to 10 (central area 1 1, north-west of Gyeonggi Province 12), the eastern part of gangwon will reach 200-400 mm (exceeding 600 mm locally); Gangwon West, Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province, Xihai Five Islands, Daejeon, Sejong, Chunnan and Chunbei are 100 to 200mm.

Daegu, Gyeongbuk, Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongnam are 100 to 300mm (exceeding 400mm locally); Gwangju, Jeonbuk, Jeju 100 to 200mm (exceeding 300mm locally).

Judging from the maximum instantaneous wind speed, the eastern and southern coasts of South Korea and the coastal areas of Gyeongsangbuk will be about 40 meters per second; The eastern part of gangwon, the inland of Gyeongsangnam-do, Jeolla-do (excluding the eastern south coast of Jeolla-do), Chungnam-do and the west coast of Jeju-do will be 25 to 35 meters per second; Incheon, the west coast of Gyeonggi Province, the southern inland of Gyeonggi Province, the western part of gangwon and the inland of Chungcheong Province are 20 to 30 meters per second; The inland of Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province will be 15 to 25m per second.

Disaster impact

Since July 2023, heavy rainfall has occurred for four consecutive days in the central areas such as Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do in South Korea, causing landslides, causing houses to collapse, vehicles to be damaged and crops to be flooded.

By July 19, 2023, 44 people had been killed, 6 people were missing and 35 people were injured. In addition, according to the statistics of South Korea's Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, this round of heavy rain has caused nearly 32,000 hectares of crops to be affected and 644,000 livestock and poultry died.

* * * 2000 facilities were damaged, including 103 1 public facilities and 943 private facilities, mainly distributed in Chungcheongnam-do, Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do. 42 1 The house is flooded or damaged.

There were 74 flooding accidents such as farmland, and more than half of farmland (3 1 1,000 hectares) in Seoul was flooded, washed away or suffered fruit losses; There were 409 accidents such as vehicle water inflow. At 2 pm the day before yesterday, some lines of KTX high-speed rail and all lines of ordinary trains stopped, and 38 flights were grounded due to weather.

From July 19 to July 20, a new round of heavy rain will be ushered in the southern coastal areas and central and southern areas that have been hit by strong monsoon rainfall, and the severely affected southern Chungcheong will suffer a second disaster. The maximum rainfall along the southern coast can reach 400 mm, the maximum rainfall in the south of Chungcheong can reach 300 mm, and the maximum rainfall in Jeju Island can reach 500 mm.