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Free Malaysia Today
23-07-2025
- Climate
- Free Malaysia Today
Damage mounts in South Korea as torrential rains enter fourth day
A village area is flooded due to heavy rain in Yesan, South Korea. (Yonhap/AP) SEOUL : Torrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, while livestock were stranded up to the neck in rising waters as the death toll reached four with two missing, authorities said. Rain will last until Monday in some areas, weather officials said, urging extreme caution against the risk of landslides and flooding, with warnings across most of the nation. By 6am on Saturday, 2,816 people were still out of their homes, the interior ministry said, from a total of more than 7,000 evacuated during the prior days of heavy rain, in which four have died and two are missing. Rainfall since Wednesday reached a record of more than 500mm (20 inches) at Seosan, in the South Chungcheong province south of the capital Seoul, it added. Elsewhere in the province cows were desperately trying to keep their heads above water after sheds and stables flooded. The tally of water-damaged structures stood at more than 641 buildings, 388 roads and 59 farms, the ministry said. Rains were also expected in neighbouring North Korea. From Sunday to Tuesday, 150mm to 200mm (6 inches to 8 inches) of rain could fall in some northern areas, rising to 300mm (12 inches) in some remote regions, the weather agency said, according to state newspaper Rodong Sinmun.
The Standard
19-07-2025
- Climate
- The Standard
Damage mounts in South Korea as torrential rains enter fourth day
Lee Han-seob looks at his house, submerged during flooding caused by torrential rain, in Yesan, South Korea, July 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
CTV News
18-07-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
At least 4 dead and 1,300 evacuated after heavy rain in South Korea
A road is covered with earth and rocks brought by a nearby landslide due to heavy rain at a village in Yesan, South Korea, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Yoo Hyung-seok/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea — Two days of heavy downpours in South Korea have killed at least four people and forced more than 1,300 others to evacuate, officials said Thursday. One person was killed when their car was buried by soil and concrete after a retaining wall of an overpass collapsed in Osan, just south of Seoul, during heavy rain on Wednesday, the Interior and Safety Ministry said. Three other people were separately found dead Thursday in a submerged car, a stream, and a flooded basement in southern regions. Ministry officials said they were still investigating whether those deaths were directly caused by heavy rain. The heavy rain has forced the evacuation of 1,382 people from their homes, the ministry said in a statement, adding 46 flights have been cancelled. Parts of southern South Chungcheong province have received up to 420 millimetres (16.5 inches) of rain since Wednesday, according to the ministry. Associated Press, The Associated Press
