Not a great start to the Chuseok holiday here. Rain started late last night and I was woken at around 9am to the sound of extremely heavy rain on the roof. This rain continued the entire day getting heavier and heavier. Up to nearly 290mm fell in some places causing surface and even severe flooding in many places. West and North West Seoul took the brunt of it with whole carparks being turned into lakes.
Cheonggye Stream - The footpath along the stream completely
submerged, it became a raging river surging through the centre of Seoul
This also affected a couple of the Seoul Metro lines as a result. All service was suspended between Guro and Incheon on Line No. 1 and Line No. 4 was also affected, services being suspended between Seoul Station and Sadang. Line No. 2 was unable to stop at Hongdae Univ. Station due to flooding and Gwanghwamun didn't look much better off either.
Oryu-dong Station, Seoul - Line No. 1
This station apparently has a history of flooding easily.
Outside Hongdae University Station - Passengers unable to get on or off here
If I was still living in Yokgok it would have pissed me off no end - Oryo-dog is two stops before
ReplyDeletehaha I heard there was some flooding near my house at 선릉역. Apparently some famous singer had just set up brand new recording equipment in his underground studio. Lets just say he's got some really heavy paper weights now...
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