"Locked up, collapsed..."Jeju suffers from record downpours

[Anchor]
In Jeju, it rained once every 200 years, causing a series of damage.

In particular, the farmland where winter crops were planted was flooded, and the damage to the crops was great.

Roads and buildings also suffered from flooding.Report from reporter



[Reporter]
A large pool of water was created in the winter radish field in eastern Jeju, where heavy rain poured down.

The radishes that have just begun to grow have been submerged in the water.

As you can see, some agricultural lands were flooded due to heavy rains that fall every 200 years in the Jeju area.The farmer who was looking around the

field says it has already been damaged by frequent rain, and the heavy rain has made it worse.

[Kim Ok-jin / Winter radish cultivation farmhouse: If you soak it in water for more than 12 hours, it'll be the same later. When you work on radish, it comes out rotten.]

The product value of the radish that has been damaged by flooding decreases even if the fine roots melt and grow.

The buckwheat field ahead of the harvest also failed to escape the rain damage.

Fallen buckwheat is not easy to harvest and can cause damage, such as budding.

Citrus fruits, which are about to be harvested, are also losing their taste and quality due to heavy rain, and are concerned about disease.A farmer who has been carefully raised for a year

has a great sense of loss.

[Son Myung-Wol / Tangerine Farmhouse: They are children who raised them like children, but not only do tangerines lose their taste due to rain, but all parts that touch the water are rotten. It's so heartbreaking for that farmer.]

The Jeju Agricultural Research and Extension Services advises that flooded agricultural land and orchards should speed up drainage work and speed up control work.

[Koboseong / Head of the Eastern Agricultural Technology Center, Jeju-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services: Please quickly drain the water and quickly control soft diseases, greening diseases, and flea bugs that are expected to cause pests.]

In addition to the damage to agricultural land, heavy rains caused flooding of roads, vehicles, and buildings throughout Jeju.

Jeju, which received heavy rain in midsummer in November when silver grass and autumn leaves are in full bloom, left scars everywhere.

It's YTN Go Jaehyung.

Filmmaker: Yoon Ji-won