Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries Announce Restricted Commutes After 800 mm of Rain in Geoje

사진 확대 On the morning of the 17th, water swollen by heavy rain is flowing along a road in Okpo-dong, Geoje City, South Gyeongsang Province. Rocks and soil are scattered across the road. [Yonhap News Agency]

As damage continued to mount across Geoje City, South Gyeongsang Province, after the Liberation Day holiday brought extreme downpours, the region’s two major shipyards on the 17th either told workers they could not come to work or instructed them to wait before heading in.

Hanwha Ocean announced through its companywide disaster response center that morning, “Roads in Geoje are currently closed due to heavy rain, so commuting is not possible.”

Samsung Heavy Industries also told overtime workers, “Do not come in and please wait.”

사진 확대 On the morning of the 17th, a landslide occurred in a residential area of Geoje City, South Gyeongsang Province, sending soil and trees sliding downhill and collapsing a safety fence. [Gyeongsangnam-do Fire Department, Yonhap News Agency]

A Samsung Heavy Industries official said, “Because heavy rain has made roads around the site impassable, we understand that workers scheduled to come in on the 17th, which is a holiday, were told to wait before commuting.” The official added, “As far as we know, operations have not been suspended.”

According to the shipbuilding industry, some docks at Samsung Heavy Industries were reportedly flooded by the heavy rain.

Geoje City received more than 800 mm of rain over the three-day Liberation Day holiday. In particular, more than 400 mm of extreme rainfall fell between the night of the 16th and the early hours of the 17th, causing damage to pile up across the area.

This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.

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