Doomsday flood hits Seoul!!! Record rainfall in Korea in 80 years!!!

Record heavy rain for the first time in 80 years in the central region... Dongjak-gu, Seoul 137 mm per hour. While unofficial, this exceeds “Seoul’s highest rainfall per hour“. The total amount of precipitation in some areas can exceed 300 mm... Sindaebang-dong (Meteorological Office), Dongjak-gu received more than 100mm of rain per hour, mostly in the southern part of Seoul, with of rain falling one hour before 9pm. For the first time in 80 years, Seoul’s rainfall per hour exceeded a record high of 118.6 mm (August 5, 1942). Seoul’s second rainfall record per hour was 116 mm (September 13, 1964). However, since Seoul’s hourly precipitation data is based on data from the Seoul Meteorological Observatory (Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu), official data updates are not expected. The maximum rainfall per hour at the Seoul Meteorological Observatory on that day was 38.1 mm for one hour before 18:33. In Sindaeban-dong and Guro-gu, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, by 21:00, the dail