Houses in Ocheon-eup, Pohang, flooded by Typhoon Hinnamno ※Not directly related to the article. [자료사진 제공 : 연합뉴스]
The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said that 5,242 people were evacuated from nine cities and provinces nationwide as of 6 am today due to typhoon ‘Hinnamno’, and 613 of them have not yet returned home.
Yesterday in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, as the risk of the collapse of the Kwoni Reservoir increased, 205 nearby residents were evacuated.
In addition, 14 people were classified as displaced because their houses were damaged or flooded.
Damage to public facilities such as roads and bridges was 1,566, and damage to private facilities was 12,159.
The damage to crops was 7,141 hectares, accounting for more than half of the damage in Gyeongbuk.
A total of 200 power outages occurred and 99% of them were restored, and passenger ships, roads, air and railways are operating normally.
Access to the national park is restricted from 86 trails in 5 parks including Gyeongju, Hallyeohaesang, and Juwangsan.
The casualties that have been tentatively counted so far are 11 dead, 1 missing, and 3 injured.
Nine people were killed in Pohang alone, where the damage was severe, and one in Gyeongju and Ulsan each.
In Janggi-myeon, Pohang, a resident in his 80s went missing to inspect farmland.
