Traffic was restricted around the Tongyeong tollgate section of the Tongyeong–Daejeon Expressway after earth was washed away by heavy rain.

Starting at about 2:50 p.m. on the 17th, as workers began clearing soil that had poured from a mountainside onto the shoulder, access to the Tongyeong tollgate toward Daejeon was blocked.

On the 17th, a view from the Tongyeong TG CCTV on the Tongyeong–Daejeon Expressway. /Courtesy of Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) highway traffic information application ROAD PLUS, CCTV screen capture

The Korea Expressway Corporation is asking drivers to detour via the North Tongyeong interchange.

The mudslide occurred in the morning. No injuries or vehicle damage were reported at the time. Heavy rain at the level of a heavy rain advisory or warning is continuing along the southern coast of South Gyeongsang.

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