Overview
- Heavy monsoon downpours on Thursday produced hourly rates up to 50 mm and city totals above 220 mm in places such as Daejeon and Cheongju, prompting renewed flood and landslide warnings from the KMA.
- The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters reported 256 damaged facilities and 662 people temporarily evacuated as of 5 p.m. Thursday, with most evacuees sheltered at town halls and senior centers.
- Search-and-rescue teams recovered multiple people from flooded homes and vehicles and are actively searching for a man in his 70s who was swept away in a stream in Yeongju.
- Transport and public services were disrupted as authorities suspended 30 passenger ferry routes, canceled some flights, and halted or delayed several train and road services while closing national park trails, underpasses and riverside areas.
- Officials warn the situation remains fluid because forecasts call for up to about 200 mm more rain in parts of the country and because rising upstream waters could drive sudden downstream surges that endanger low-lying communities.