Heavy rainfall leads to flooding in S. Korea; monsoon season just beginning
By Jim Lea, Osan bureau chief
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Heavy rainfall caused flooding in
the southern areas of South Korea over the weekend, leading to airline flight
cancellations and scores of traffic accidents.
There was no flooding reported at U.S. military bases in the area,
however.
Taegu — where Camp Henry, Camp Walker and Camp George are
located — received about 3 inches of rain Sunday and another 3 inches between 3 and 9
a.m. on Monday, according to a spokesman for the Korean Meteorological Administration.
Dennis Bohannon, spokesman for the 19th Theater Support Group,
headquartered at Camp Henry, said he had not received any reports of flooding or damage at
any Army camp in the country.
Kunsan Air Base, on the country’s west coast received 2 inches
of rain between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday, said First Lt. Angie Chang,
spokeswoman for the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan. Osan, about 35 miles south of Seoul,
received about one-half inch of rain during the same period.
South Korean police said one person was killed and six others injured
Sunday in a rain-related head-on collision at Masan, near the southeast coast.
Residents of some small, rural villages on the southeast coast were
isolated by flash floods and had to be evacuated to schools and other facilities on higher
ground, police said.
The rain, which was caused by Typhoon Chebi, according to a Korean
Weather Bureau spokesman, began crossing the southern part of the peninsula Sunday.
The Korean monsoon season began Saturday, and weather forecasters
expect rain on and off for the next 40 days, and extensive flooding.
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