A Study on the Flood Damage Assessment by Typhoon RUSA in the East Coast of Kangwon Prefecture Following the 2000 Large Scale Fire Disaster -Focused on the Watershed of Oship River, Samcheok City

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Fire Science and Engineering 2003;17(4):70-75.
Published online December 31, 2003.

2000년 강원도 동해안지역 대규모 산불화재가 태풍루사 홍수피해에 미친 영향 -삼척시 오십천을 중심으로

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A Study on the Flood Damage Assessment by Typhoon RUSA in the East Coast of Kangwon Prefecture Following the 2000 Large Scale Fire Disaster -Focused on the Watershed of Oship River, Samcheok City

요약

강원 동해안 지역은 산불과 홍수와 같은 재해가 빈번하게 발생되어 왔다. 2000년 4월 대규모 산불의 발생으로 산림은 소실되고 황폐화 되었다. 더욱이 2002년 8월 31일 일강우량 315 mm를 동반한 태풍 루사로 인하여 178명의 인명피해와 막대한 재산피해를 경험하게 되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실제 피해지역의 현장조사를 통하여 산불재해를 고려한 홍수피해의 원인을 규명하고자 하였다.

Abstract

The east coast of Kangwon province has been suffering from natural disaster like wildfire and flooding. In April 2000, there has been a great wildfire in this area. Many forest was burnt out, the mountain was bared. Furthermore, on 31st August,2002 typhoon RUSA attacked the area with heavy rainfall of about 315 mm/day, which resulted in 178 deaths and extensive damage to the property, In this regard, our study was focused on the assessment of the factors of flooding damage considering wildfire disaster. Most of results for our study are derived from practical investigation in the east coast of Kangwon province.

Key Words: Great wildfire, Typhoon RUSA damage