Suwon Conducts Safety Inspections of Facilities Vulnerable to Typhoon Haishen

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City is conducting inspections of facilities vulnerable to damage in preparation for the northward advance of Typhoon No. 10 'Haishen' (HAISHEN).

On the 6th, the city conducted surveillance of 1,847 facilities and locations including advertisements (signs and banners), buildings, religious facilities (spires), street trees, commercial space stockpiles, large construction sites, building construction sites, road facilities, shade structures, and vinyl greenhouses. Safety measures were taken for facilities requiring supplementation.

Kim Yong-deok, director of the Suwon City Safety and Transportation Bureau, instructed at a typhoon preparedness meeting at the City Hall Disaster and Safety Situation Room on the 7th, "Do not let your guard down until we are completely out of the typhoon's influence zone, and continue to inspect facilities at risk of accidents," and added, "For areas that suffered rain damage earlier, carefully verify the sites once more and take safety measures."

He also urged, "Citizens should refrain from going out and carefully check items and facilities around their living areas."

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Typhoon Haishen was moving northward at a speed of 41 km/h as of 6 a.m. on the 7th, approximately 120 km south of Busan. Moving northward along the East Coast, it is expected to pass through waters approximately 150 km southeast of Gangneung on the 7th at noon, make landfall near Chongjin, North Korea around midnight on the 8th, and gradually dissipate.