By It is very tragic the loss of life and the property damage these heavy rains are causing in Korea:
Trapped citizens wait for rescue at an intersection near the Gangnam subway station on Wednesday morning. /Yonhap
A record downpour on Wednesday left 39 people dead and eight missing in Korea. It was the most rainfall since Korea began gathering weather data in 1907. Some 620 people were left homeless, while the power at 66,093 homes was cut off and 720 homes were inundated.
Seoul was paralyzed once again by torrential rain. Heavy downpours began on Tuesday afternoon and continued sporadically until Wednesday. Accumulated rainfall recorded until 10 p.m. on Wednesday was 579 mm in Yangju, 545 mm in Pocheon, 527.5 mm in Dongducheon, 517 mm in Hanam, and 503.5 mm in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, 465 mm in Seoul and 440.5 mm in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.
The amount of rain that fell on Seoul from Tuesday to Wednesday beat the previous record precipitation for the month of 390.6 mm recorded on July 10, 1940. [Chosun Ilbo]
9:09 am on July 30th, 2011 1
“It was the most rainfall since Korea began gathering weather data in 1907. ”
Not quite.
http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=4079&method=full
34 inches = 863.6mm
I think it might be the most for Seoul in July since 1940, but don’t let that detail stop the media from sensationalizing a natural disaster.
9:44 am on July 30th, 2011 2
Any news of Gurisi? Moy family is there and the phone lines are all busy…
10:10 am on July 30th, 2011 3
There are flood warnings in Kuri, Brainiac. They’ve received nearly half a meter of rain since the 26th.
This is starting to seem Biblical. Maybe cell phone towers are out; the weather-exposed wires for landlines are easily affected by heavy rain. Email them; they’re probably okay but just unable to communicate.
I hope you find out soon that they’re home safe and dry.
11:18 am on July 30th, 2011 4
Thanks, Kushibo… In effect it may be “Biblical” since it did get my attention off politics for a while…