Suwon City Conducts Facility Inspections in Preparation for Typhoon Maysak

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City has mobilized a response to prepare for Typhoon No. 9 ‘Maysak’ (MAYSAK) moving northward, including ongoing inspections of facilities with accident risks.

On the 2nd, the city inspected signage, banners, building construction sites, shade structures, commercial stockpiles, street trees, and underground roadway drainage pipes, and implements safety measures for facilities requiring improvements.

Kim Yong-deok, Director of the Safety and Transportation Division of Suwon City, said at a typhoon preparedness meeting at the city hall emergency situation room on the morning of the 2nd, “Heavy rainfall is expected from this typhoon,” and instructed, “Complete inspection and cleaning of underground roadway drainage pipes by the morning of the 2nd, and respond thoroughly across all departments.”

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Typhoon Maysak was advancing northward at a speed of 19 kilometers per hour as of 9 a.m. on the 2nd, in waters approximately 310 kilometers south of Seogwipo. The strong wind radius is 360 kilometers, and the maximum wind speed is 45 meters per second, which is a very strong level.

Maysak is expected to pass through waters east of Jeju Island on the evening of the 2nd, make landfall at a point between Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province and Busan in the early morning of the 3rd, pass through cities in the Yeongnam region and near the East Coast, and exit into the central East Sea waters by the morning of the same day.