Since the 13th, it has been reported that one person has died due to heavy rain mainly in the metropolitan area. There have been 733 evacuees. In Paju, Gyeonggi Province, more than 300 mm of rain has fallen.
The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of 5 a.m. on the 14th, one person died in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, due to this heavy rain. The previous day, around 12:14 p.m., a vehicle was swept away in Daebocheon, Gochon-eup, Gimpo, and an 80-year-old man who was in the back seat was found dead.
Additionally, around 7:20 a.m. the previous day, a vehicle skidded on the rainy road in Unseo-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, and fell into a lake, resulting in the death of a 40-year-old driver. At around 7 a.m., an SUV skidded on a rainy road in Yeongbuk-myeon, Pocheon, hitting a traffic light, leading to the death of a 70-year-old woman in the passenger seat and injuries to the driver. Authorities are investigating whether these accidents were caused by natural disasters.
Due to the heavy rain, 500 households with 733 individuals temporarily evacuated. Among them, 489 households with 712 people had still not returned home as of 5 a.m. that day. The evacuees include 124 households and 202 people from Seoul, 173 households and 238 people from Incheon, and 203 households and 293 people from Gyeonggi Province. Authorities provided temporary housing, including schools, community centers, senior centers, public facilities, and private lodging facilities, to 274 households with 432 people.
208 roads were flooded, and one station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line, Korea Aerospace University Station (formerly Hwa-jeon Station), and one welfare center were also inundated. A total of 145 dwellings and commercial buildings were flooded. Around 11:20 a.m. the previous day, the Jungseojin Central Market and Gangnam Market in Seo-gu, Incheon, were flooded, causing citizens who were in the buildings' basements to evacuate. At around 1:20 p.m., a plastic greenhouse in Naegok-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang, was flooded, isolating six citizens, until they were rescued by firefighters.
Train service was suspended on one suburban line connecting Uijeongbu Station and Daegok Station. Initially, train operation was scheduled to resume with the first train of the day; however, service was postponed due to concerns over facility damage.
The train services on the Line 3 subway and sections of the Gyeongui-Jungang Line and Gyeongwon Line were suspended the previous day. Train operations were halted on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line between Ilsan Station and Susaek Station around 11:30 a.m., and on the extended Line 3 and Gyeongwon Line between Nokcheon and Deokcheon Stations around 11:55 a.m. Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) resumed train operations on the Gyeongui Line around 1:25 p.m., the Gyeongwon Line at 1:45 p.m., and the Ilsan Line at 4:18 p.m. after drainage work was done.
The Seoul city government, as the level of the Jungnangcheon River rose due to heavy rain, blocked access to the Dongbu Expressway around 12:04 p.m. the previous day and reopened it at 5 a.m. on that day. Access is blocked to 29 rivers and four riverside parking lots in Seoul.
From midnight until 7 a.m. on that day, the accumulated rainfall was 313.7 mm in Paju, 284.5 mm in Jangbongdo, Ongjin, Incheon, 280.5 mm in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, 272 mm in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, 266.5 mm in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, 148.5 mm in Seoul, 76.4 mm in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, 229 mm in Dongsong, Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, 189.4 mm in Gwangdeoksan, Hwacheon, 99.5 mm in Chuncheon, and 67.8 mm in Wonju.