Hongcheon County Makes All-Out Effort to Prevent Further Damage from the Mogok-ri Landslide... Secures Recovery Budget

[Financial News Hongcheon = Reporter Kim Ki-seop] As 16 residents were evacuated following a landslide in Mogok-ri, Seomyeon, Hongcheon County, Hongcheon County took action to control the site and prevent further damage.
According to Hongcheon County on the 4th, a landslide occurred in the Mogok-ri area at around 8:04 a.m. that day, and the county is responding with the safety of residents as its top priority. Although the area is not designated as a landslide-prone zone, relevant agencies, including Hongcheon County, the fire department, police, and the Seomyeon Administrative Welfare Center, immediately dispatched personnel after receiving the report to evacuate residents and control the site.
So far, there have been no casualties, but some farmland was damaged and containers were damaged by soil and debris flows. The exact area and extent of the damage are under investigation. Hongcheon County has evacuated 16 nearby residents in preparation for additional landslides and plans to determine when they can return after confirming the safety of the site.
Two police vehicles and six personnel, three fire vehicles and an ambulance crew, and five personnel and five vehicles from the Seomyeon Administrative Welfare Center have been deployed to the scene. Police are controlling the area around the landslide site.
Hongcheon County requested technical advice from the Korea Forest Disaster Safety Technology Corporation to determine the exact cause of the incident, the affected area, and the direction of recovery.
However, immediate restoration is difficult because soil continues to flow down at the site. The county plans to monitor the additional outflow and begin emergency restoration as soon as the soil flow stops. Using the temporary restoration budget secured in advance, it will first implement measures to prevent further damage, such as removing the spilled soil and installing tarpaulins, and then proceed with restoration work after determining the cause and extent of the damage based on the results of the specialized agency's investigation.
A Hongcheon County official said, "Because soil continues to flow down, making it difficult to begin restoration, we are focusing first on evacuating residents and controlling the site. We will use the secured emergency restoration budget to prevent further damage, including by installing tarpaulins, and begin full-scale restoration as soon as the Korea Forest Disaster Safety Technology Corporation completes its investigation."

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