순식간에 물바다로…경기 북부 침수·붕괴 피해 속출 / 연합뉴스TV (YonhapnewsTV)

[Anchor] Heavy rain poured down in a short period of time across northern Gyeonggi Province, leading to a series of flooding and collapse incidents in various locations. In Hwajeon-dong, Goyang City, residential areas were submerged, resulting in displaced residents, while in Yangju, a retaining wall collapsed. Reporter Kang Ji-soo covered the story. [Reporter] The roads were filled with muddy yellow water. In an instant, rainwater surged right up to the front door. Although submersible pumps sprayed water ceaselessly, the drainage operation, which began at dawn, did not finish until nearly lunchtime. With a heavy rain warning issued for the northern Gyeonggi region overnight, Goyang City recorded a maximum of 53mm of rain per hour; the concentration of heavy rainfall in a short period caused a series of flood damages. The hearts of the affected residents are burning as they gaze upon their homes and livelihoods swept away by the torrential rain. [Song Myeong-su / Hwajeon-dong, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do] "The kimchi refrigerator, drawers, and things like that were all broken, so I had to throw them all away.… I thought I was going to die of frustration. It’s truly the first time in my life… I don’t even know what to do." On the boxes lying on the floor, water marks are clearly visible, having risen to the height of an adult’s calf. And in the master bedroom, they had to lift the bed up into the floodwaters rushing in. Residents vented their anger, stating that although they had installed four water pumps to prevent recurring flooding damage since the year before last, they failed to function properly when the torrential rain poured down. [Yun Young-sik / Hwajeon-dong, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do] "It was around 2 or 3 in the morning when the rain poured down tremendously. This place always gets flooded every summer… I really hoped this kind of situation wouldn’t happen this year… I’m so furious, and this is truly unfair." A cordon has been set up around the house, and a blue tarp covers the collapsed retaining wall beneath the residence. In Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, a retaining wall at a detached house collapsed due to heavy rain. A woman in her 60s who was evacuating was injured in the accident and taken to the hospital. [Mr. Kang / Nearby Resident] It was around 5:40 in the morning when suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound. Thinking something had happened, I ran out to check, and found that the wall had collapsed. On a national highway in Sangcheon-ri, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, soil and debris poured down from a nearby mountain, causing the road to be partially closed for a time. A factory in Haseong-myeon, Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, was also flooded by heavy rain, leading to emergency drainage operations. Additionally, a tree fell on a road in Gwangseok-dong, Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, due to torrential downpours. This is Kang Ji-soo from Yonhap News TV. [Video Reporting: Kim Se-wan] [Video Editing: Kim Do-i] [News Review] #GoyangCity #HeavyRain #Gyeonggi #Housing #Flooding #HwajeonDong ▣ Subscribe to Yonhap News TV's documentary channel 'Docu-Digging'    / @docu-digging   ▣ Subscribe to Yonhap News TV YouTube Channel    / @yonhapnewstv23   ▣ The beginning of Korean news, Yonhap News TV http://www.yonhapnewstv.co.kr/