On Monday night, hail hammered down on (세화리) Sehwa-ri, (구좌읍) Gujwa-eup,
Crops including carrots, deodeok (더덕) and potatoes were severely damaged.
Some farmers almost gave up this year's crop harvest due to the series of unfavorable weather.
Todd Thacker reports.

[slug] Sehwa-ri, Gujwa-eup, Sept. 30
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This is a guest house located in Sehwa-ri, in the eastern district of Gujwa-eup, Jeju City.
Following a violent thunderstorm, chunks of ice hurtled from the sky.
Hailstones lay thick on the ground.

[slug] Unstable meteorological conditions result in hail
As a typhoon approached the island bringing with it a warm front, this mixed with a regional cold front. The atmosphere around the island became unstable, which led to the creation of hailstones.
On the night of Sept. 30th, hail hammered down on the garden in front of the guest house, destroying it.
Area residents were shocked to observe the weather take a sudden, violent turn.

[slug] Songdang-ri, Gujwa-eup, Jeju City
This unseasonable hailstorm destroyed the crops of nearby farms.
Farmers had just completed sowing carrots for a second time because a series of typhoons had damaged previous crops.
The hail flattened the stocks of the new carrots.
The stalks of deodeok (더덕) plants ? an ingredient in Korean cuisine were also severely broken, having been weakened and damaged in previous typhoons.
Typhoons, heavy rainfall and hail have9 adversely affected this year's crops.
Farmers are frustrated by the repeated damage.

[slug] 260 hectares of farms in the east damaged by hail
It is estimated that about 260 hectares of farm land on the eastern side of the island were hammered by the 30-minute-long hailstorm.
What is worse is that yet another typhoon has hit the island.
The province has announced it will provide compensation for losses sustained by farmers.

INTERVIEW
Won Hee-ryong/ Governor
My office is setting aside funds to compensate farmers for their losses because it will be impossible to grow crops on the affected farms this year.
<인터뷰 : 원희룡 / 제주도지사>
"다시 다른 작물을 심을 수가 없기 때문에 휴경하는 걸 전제로해서 특별지원금을 마련해서 일부라도 보상이 될 수 있도록 하겠고."

[Reporter] Todd Thacker
[Camera] Jwa Sang-eun
This season’s back-to-back natural disasters clearly have put local farmers in a most frustrating position.
Todd Thacker, KCTV