Typhoon 'Kongrey' weakened, but strong rain clouds formed
Heavy rain warning lifted...Maintaining strong wind and wind specials
The longest heat wave and heavy rain in November...a frequent abnormal climate
An untimely autumn "water bomb" poured into Jeju Island.
Yesterday (1st) alone, more than 200mm of rain fell, and November was the highest precipitation ever recorded since weather observation.
The heavy rain warning was lifted at dawn, but the wind and waves are still strong.
This is reporter Park So-jung.
[Reporter]
On the first day of November,
The rain didn't stop all day on Jeju Island and the southern coast.
In particular, Jeju Island, where a heavy rain warning was issued, received an average of more than 200mm of water bombs during the day.
Yesterday alone, 238.4mm was recorded in Jeju-si, where the weather station is located, and 242.1mm was recorded in Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo-si.
The mountainous areas, with topographical factors added, received nearly 350mm of heavy rain in two days around the azalea field.
Jeju City has the highest precipitation in 101 years since 1923 when weather observation began as of November.
The rain in November, which has been the heaviest so far, is much more than double that of 102mm in 2011.
Typhoon 'Kong Lei', which hit Taiwan and was moving along the Chinese coast, weakened, but it was caused by a lot of water vapor flowing in from the front and forming a strong rain cloud.
[Kyung Sang-min / Forecaster of the Korea Meteorological Administration: Strong precipitation bands will fall between the typhoon and the high pressure and the existing cold air, and the strong convergence zone (where rain clouds gather) is just south of Jeju Island....]
Most of the heavy rain clouds escaped in the morning and heavy rain warnings were lifted, but strong winds and high waves could continue along the coast and at sea.Following the longest heat wave and tropical nights leading up to the fall of
, the unprecedented November downpour, the unusual weather caused by climate change is increasing.
I'm Park Sojung of YTN.
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