130mm of rain all night...'Autumn Rainfall' Frequent Due to Warming

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It rained as much as summer on the southern coast, with more than 130mm falling on the southern coast of South Gyeongsang Province overnight Monday and Tuesday.

Following last week, heavy rains in the fall continue, which seems to be due to global warming.

This rain brings the cold, so the morning temperature in Seoul drops to a single digit.

Reporter Kim Min-kyung's report.

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autumnal rain extended throughout the country overnight

In particular, the rain on the southern coast reminded me of the rainy season in midsummer.

More than 100mm of heavy rain fell on most of the southern coast, with 130.1mm of precipitation recorded in South Gyeongsang Province and 112.7mm in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province.

Less than a week after more than 100mm of rain fell in the central part of the country last Friday, strong rain was concentrated on the southern coast.

The rain subsided during the day as the rain clouds escaped to the northeast, but rain clouds are expected to come back from the West Sea, and heavy rain is expected in some areas overnight.

[Woo Jin-gyu / Meteorological Agency Information Officer: In the central inland and mountains of Gangwon-do, there will be thunder and lightning with gusts during the rain, so please pay special attention to damage to facilities.]

The drizzling autumn rain is an autumn downpour that is becoming as frequent as the old saying and summer.

Experts attribute 'global warming' to this.

This is because the higher the global temperature, the greater the capacity the atmosphere can hold water vapor.

[Kim Seung-bae / Director of the Korea Natural Disaster Association: (Autumn and winter) are dry, so there are few raw materials for rain. Recently, it rains as much as a heavy rain warning issued in December. As the temperature rises due to global warming, the amount of water vapor that can be contained in warm air has increased, so this rain is as good as summer rain in autumn and winter....]

{After the autumn rain, which is not like autumn, the cold wind blows somewhat strongly across the country and the temperature drops sharply.

The morning temperature in Seoul will be 11 degrees today and 8 degrees tomorrow.

The Korea Meteorological Administration predicted that it will be the coldest this fall, especially tomorrow morning, with temperatures in the central inland falling to around 5 degrees Celsius.

I'm YTN's Kim Min-kyung.


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