RAINY SEASON IN KOREA
Discomforts Faced By Troops (N.Z. Army Information Service) (Rec. 8 p.m.) KURE. July 11. The wet season is on with a vengeance in Korea. Swirling streams of water have covered the freshlyplanted rice paddies and swelled the mighty Impin river to mammoth size. In some cases engineers have had to use explosives on roads to free pent-up creeks, but trucks of No. 10 Company, N.Z.A.S.C., are still supplying rations and equipment to units of the Commonwealth Division. The deluge started a few days ago and within the first 24 hours 6.5 inches of rain were recorded —the greatest fall in one day since Commonwealth troops have been in Korea. At the height of the flood the Imjin river was 30 feet above low water mark and travelling at eight to 10 knots an hour. Recovery trucks have been busy towing out stranded vericles and 20 trucks have been sent south to bring back urgently needed bridging materials for road restoration. The greatest personal problem is that of drying clothing, but fortunately the weather is still far from cold. Korean people living near the Imjin are in far worse straits. Many have , had their homes swept away.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27709, 13 July 1955, Page 7
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