Typhoon transit the banks in South Korea's community flooded, and many people went downstairs to move the car and lost contact.

Polar News reporter Manda

From September 5th to 6th, Typhoon "Xuan Lannuo" passed South Korea and brought another disaster. The underground garage of a community located in the city of Shangbei Daowuxiang City on the National Day was flooded, and some residents lost contact when they went downstairs to move the car. The local fire department rescued 9 people, but only 2 people survived. It is speculated that there are still seven out of contact. turn up.

The residents went out of the basement to move the car and lost contact.

According to the Korean Daily, Typhoon Xuanlan Nuo No. 11 passed South Korea from 5 to 6. The underground parking lot of the nation's coastal city of Puxiang, Puxiang City, Qingshangshangshangsang, the country, was poured by rainwater in the underground parking lot in the first area of ​​the South District of Nandon District of Puxiang City. At 6:30 in the morning, the community property issued a notice to the owners of the first and second phases, reminding them to go to the underground garage to move the car. However, due to the influx of rainwater, the water stains in the underground garage soared, and many residents lost contact. At around 7:41 in the morning, the fire department went to the scene after receiving the alarm, and kept searching for the early morning of the next day.

52 -year -old Ms. Save (Figure Source: EPA)

According to the fire department's report on the 7th, from 8:15 pm on the 6th to 2:15 am on the 7th, a total of 9 people were rescued, but only 39 -year -old Mr. Quan and Ms. Jin survived. The other 7 people were unfortunately killed. They are 5 men and 2 women, the oldest 70 years old, and the youngest is only 10 years old, including a couple. The victims in their 10s were discovered by firefighters when cleaning up the stairs after the first phase.

Mr. Jin, rescued, introduced that after hearing the residential property broadcast that day, he quickly went down to the garage to move the car. As a result, he found that the garage had deep water stains. Due to water pressure, the door could not be opened. Then, a large amount of rain poured into the underground garage instantly. Mr. Jin hid in a ventilated space and took off the wet clothes on his body to keep his body temperature. From the morning to the evening, he finally waited for the rescue staff. According to the witnesses at the scene, Mr. Jin swim at the entrance of the parking lot, and the rescuers threw the rope and pulled him to the safe place. When he was rescued, he wore only a pair of black shorts, bare up his body, and trembled coldly, but he could walk by himself. He came to the stretcher and lay down. After the emergency treatment of the ambulance personnel, he was sent to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

After Mr. Jin was trapped in the underground garage, his wife guarded the rescue site for a whole day. When she saw her husband's rescue, she thanked the rescuers.

It is reported that according to the number of disappearances declared at the beginning, it is speculated that there are still 7 people lost contact.

Rescue site (source: EPA)

During the search and rescue, rescuers conducted a pull -net investigation on the parking lot by standing in a row. At present, the possibility of other victims is very small. However, considering the mud in the garage, it is not ruled out that the personnel are buried by the mud, so the search and rescue work is still ongoing.

South Korea ’s president is deeply sad, visiting and guiding disaster relief on the spot

South Korean President Yin Xiyue expressed his grief about the drowning incident and called it "disaster."

"Because of this tragedy, I couldn't fall asleep last night," he said.

Yin Xiyue inspected the disaster situation (source: Yonhap News Agency)

Yin Xiyue designated Puxiang City as a special disaster area, came to Puxiang City on the afternoon of September 7, and visited the underground garage of the community.

According to BBC, the typhoon "Xuan Lannuo", which swept the southern and eastern coasts from the 5th to 6th, brought a strong storm and huge waves, which has died at least 10 people.

Among them, the city's disaster was the most serious. A seaside hotel in the city collapsed in the storm. Fortunately, no guests were injured.

In addition to Puxiang City, the storms have destroyed roads and buildings in Busan and Ulshan in the south of the country, and also cause a large number of trees to fall.

Like many countries in East Asia, South Korea has experienced extreme rainfall and record high temperature in the past few months.

In early August, the urban circle, including the capital Seoul, suffered a strong rainfall, causing 8 people to die, and one of the basement was flooded and the three were killed.

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