A landslide buried the baby’s home in the southeastern city of Yeongju overnight. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - Torrential rain in South Korea triggered a landslide that killed a one-year-old baby and forced hundreds of families to evacuate as it flooded roads and bridges, authorities said on Friday.
Rescuers pulled to safety nine people in the home when the 10-ton landslide hit, as fire authorities deployed more than 40 vehicles and 110 firefighters, reports said. But the baby died soon after being taken to hospital.
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