Fire trucks, military deployed to combat drought in southeast
Firefighting water tankers and military vehicles from across the nation were mobilized Thursday to supply water to South Gyeongsang Province as a deepening drought grips the nation's southeast. Fire authorities deployed 200 water tankers and some 400 personnel nationwide to deliver water to the province under a national firefighting mobilization order issued Tuesday, according to the South…
Firefighting water tankers and soldiers from multiple branches of the military were called upon Thursday to provide water to South Gyeongsang Province, a region in southeast South Korea experiencing a severe drought. The South Gyeongsang firefighting headquarters activated a national emergency response on Tuesday, deploying 200 water tankers and around 400 personnel from various locations to deliver water to the affected area.
In addition to the civilian firefighters, 14 vehicles from the Army, Air Force, Navy, and forestry service also joined the relief efforts.
By 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the firefighters had distributed nearly 4,770 tons of water to the province. As of Thursday, all 18 municipalities within South Gyeongsang had officially entered drought conditions, with Hamyang County, previously unaffected, now under a drought watch. The average water storage rate across the province's municipalities currently sits at 32.8 percent, a drastic decline from the long-term average of 70.8 percent.
This represents the second instance of a nationwide firefighting mobilization in response to a widespread drought.
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