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People wearing face masks try to manage their umbrellas in the rain in Seoul, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.
Seoul and central South Korean regions were soaked with unseasonable heavy rain Thursday, with the capital receiving the heaviest daily precipitation on record for November, the local weather agency said.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), 68.2 millimeters of rain fell in Seoul as of 8 a.m., surpassing November's previous daily record of 67.4 mm set on Nov. 7, 1916.
It is the heaviest daily precipitation recorded in the capital during the month of November since modern weather observation began here in 1907.
Precipitation is forecast to further increase for the rest of the day, as Seoul and central regions, including parts of Gangwon and South Chungcheong provinces, are being hit by strong rain of about 20 mm per hour, accompanied by thunder and lightning, the KMA said.
For the rest of the nation, the rainfall amounted to around 5 mm, it added.
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