Gyeongnam Agricultural Land 3,200 Hectares Flooded... 84,000 Chickens and Ducks Die
Published 2025년 7월 20일
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(Changwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hoon = Gyeongnam Province announced that as of 9 a.m. on the 20th, 3,200 hectares of farmland were submerged due to the four-day heavy rainfall that began on the 16th.
Crops were damaged as rice paddies, fields, and greenhouses were flooded, including rice (2,548 hectares), red pepper (154 hectares), soybeans (132 hectares), strawberries (58 hectares), perilla leaves (34 hectares), chives (20 hectares), melons (8 hectares), and others (263 hectares).
Hapcheon County suffered the largest flooding damage at 965 hectares.
This was followed by Uiryeong County (818 hectares), Sancheong County (524 hectares), Miryang City (143 hectares), Jinju City (135 hectares), and Hadong County (105 hectares).
The damage scale for Sancheong County is based on the 17th.
Gyeongnam Province reported that Sancheong County experienced extreme rainfall on the 18th-19th, making damage assessment difficult and delaying the count.
As of 9 a.m. on the 20th, livestock damage included chickens (72,000, Sancheong and Hapcheon counties), ducks (12,840, Uiryeong County), honeybee colonies (237, Miryang, Haman, Sancheong, and Geochang counties), and cattle (3, Hapcheon and Jinju).
The province expects the damage area and affected crops and livestock to increase as on-site investigations continue.
According to the Gyeongnam Province Disaster Safety Headquarters, an average of over 280 mm of heavy rainfall fell across 18 cities and counties from the 16th to the 19th.
From the 16th, Sancheong County's Sicheon-myeon recorded a cumulative rainfall of 798 mm, with extreme rainfall of 632 mm across the county.
This was followed by Haman
Crops were damaged as rice paddies, fields, and greenhouses were flooded, including rice (2,548 hectares), red pepper (154 hectares), soybeans (132 hectares), strawberries (58 hectares), perilla leaves (34 hectares), chives (20 hectares), melons (8 hectares), and others (263 hectares).
Hapcheon County suffered the largest flooding damage at 965 hectares.
This was followed by Uiryeong County (818 hectares), Sancheong County (524 hectares), Miryang City (143 hectares), Jinju City (135 hectares), and Hadong County (105 hectares).
The damage scale for Sancheong County is based on the 17th.
Gyeongnam Province reported that Sancheong County experienced extreme rainfall on the 18th-19th, making damage assessment difficult and delaying the count.
As of 9 a.m. on the 20th, livestock damage included chickens (72,000, Sancheong and Hapcheon counties), ducks (12,840, Uiryeong County), honeybee colonies (237, Miryang, Haman, Sancheong, and Geochang counties), and cattle (3, Hapcheon and Jinju).
The province expects the damage area and affected crops and livestock to increase as on-site investigations continue.
According to the Gyeongnam Province Disaster Safety Headquarters, an average of over 280 mm of heavy rainfall fell across 18 cities and counties from the 16th to the 19th.
From the 16th, Sancheong County's Sicheon-myeon recorded a cumulative rainfall of 798 mm, with extreme rainfall of 632 mm across the county.
This was followed by Haman
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(Changwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hoon = Gyeongnam Province announced that as of 9 a.m. on the 20th, 3,200 hectares of farmland were submerged due to the four-day heavy rainfall that began on the 16th. Flooding of rice paddies, fields, and greenhouses resulted in crop damage including rice (2,548 hectares), red pepper (154 hectares), soybeans (132 hectares), strawberries (58 hectares), perilla leaves (34 hectares), chives (20 hectares), melons (8 hectares), and others (263 hectares). Hapcheon County suffered the largest flooding damage at 965 hectares. This was followed by Uiryeong County (818 hectares), Sancheong County (524 hectares), Miryang City (143 hectares), Jinju City (135 hectares), and Hadong County (105 hectares). The damage scale for Sancheong County is based on the 17th. Gyeongnam Province reported that Sancheong County experienced such extreme rainfall on the 18th-19th that damage assessment was difficult, causing delays in calculation. As of 9 a.m. on the ...
Source: Yna
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