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'Underground phobia grows amid regular deadly flooding' 김정화교수님의 인터뷰 내용 발췌본입니다.

“Even though underground facilities like underpasses are constructed with stronger flood control systems than those above ground, they do not take into account the severity and scale of extreme rain that has increased in recent years,” said professor Kim Jung-hwa from the Department of Urban Planning and Transportation at Kyonggi University. “There is a need to strengthen such flood control systems and related laws to prevent floods in the future.”

“While Korea just has drainage pumps for underground facilities during heavy rain, some US states have underground facilities equipped with air pockets and emergency exits for people to evacuate during flooding emergencies. Japan also has automatic gates that close off underpasses when there is a flood risk,” said professor Kong Ha-sung from Woosuk University’s Department of Fire Prevention and Safety. “Korea not only lacks such infrastructure, but also subsidies to add them to existing underground facilities.”

To prevent flooding of underground areas, “Prevention Standards for Underground Floods” were issued as law by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security in December 2022. However, this law does not apply to underground spaces built before December 2022, which explains the lack of preventative infrastructure in several underground facilities.