SEOUL: At least 22 people have died and 14 are missing after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said on Saturday (Jul 15), with thousands more ordered to evacuate their homes. South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season and there has been heavy rainfall for
SEOUL: At least 22 people have died and 14 are missing after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said on Saturday , with thousands more ordered to evacuate their homes.
The majority of the casualties - including 16 dead and nine missing - were from North Gyeongsang province, largely due to massive landslides in the mountainous area that engulfed houses with people inside. Some of the people who have been reported missing were swept away when a river overflowed in North Gyeongsang province, the ministry said.Rescue workers were battling to reach about 19 cars trapped in a 430m long underground tunnel in Cheongju, North Chungcheong province, according to the interior ministry.
South Korean emergency workers search for survivors on a flooded road leading to an underground tunnel where some 19 cars were trapped by flood waters after heavy rains in Cheongju on Jul 15, 2023. The overall number of deaths is also expected to rise as local government agencies assess the damage nationwide, Yonhap said.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo urged officials to preempt river overflows and landslides, and requested support for rescue operations from the defence ministry.
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