Seoul : Heavy rains had also left some 4,000 households in Seoul, South Korea, without electricity and sent 136 people nationwide to evacuate as of 11 a.m.
Amid the continued rains overnight, more than 2,000 households in Seoul’s Seodaemun Ward were left without electricity after a falling tree cut off a high-voltage power line in the nearby area shortly after midnight, according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters.
Another 2,000 households in Seoul’s Dobong Ward also experienced a power outage as a result of the downpour. Electricity at all of the affected households was back in service.
A total of 136 people across the country had been evacuated due to the heavy rains, including 77 in Seoul. Of them, 105 were still staying away from home due to concerns of additional rain damage.
A 68-year-old woman had remained unaccounted for as of Friday after she went missing in a swelling stream in the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday afternoon.
Nearly 100 vessels across the nation had been grounded, while authorities called off 34 flights.
Nearly 250 hectares of farmland had also been reported submerged or damaged as of Friday.
Up to 100 millimeters of rain per hour is forecast to soak parts of South Korea’s central region late Friday through early Saturday, the weather agency said.
