SEOUL: Rescue workers recovered the last body and ended search operations at a flooded underpass in South Korea where more than a dozen people died in an incident that is now the
South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season, and days of torrential rain have caused, with rivers bursting their banks, and reservoirs and dams overflowing. More rain is forecast in the coming days.
The tunnel was inundated on Saturday morning after floodwaters swept in too quickly for the vehicles inside to escape. On Monday, the South Korean government and police launched separate enquiries into the flooding of the tunnel, with President Yoon Suk Yeol blaming the mismanagement of danger zones for the loss of life.
Scientists say climate change has made weather events around the world more extreme and more frequent.
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