Severe Floods in South Korea, Death toll Becomes 11 People and 8 Missing

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More than 980 people from 548 households, mostly from the wider Seoul area, have been displaced, leading them to live in local schools and gyms. Furthermore, 4,297 people from 2,042 households across the country have been temporarily evacuated.

The Korea Meteorological Administration has lifted its heavy rain warning in the wider Seoul area and Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, but maintained a heavy rain warning for the country’s central region, including South Chungcheong Province, where rainfall can reach between 30 and 40 millimeters per year. day. o’clock.

Earlier, the flooding that hit Seoul came after heavy rains, with rainfall hitting a record high in the last 80 years in the country. Parts of Seoul, as well as the port cities of Incheon and Gyeonggi that surround Seoul, saw heavy rains with rainfall exceeding 100 millimeters per hour throughout Monday (8/8) night.

Hourly rainfall in the Dongjak district of Seoul reportedly surpassed 141.5 millimeters at one point. This figure was recorded as the highest hourly rainfall in South Korea since 1942 ago.

It’s raining incessantly pouring down Carousel it paralyzed many public facilities, with eight railway tracks reportedly inundated in Seoul, Incheon and several other areas. As a result, train and subway services have had to be temporarily suspended.

Around 80 roads in various areas, three underground roads and 26 riverside parking areas were temporarily closed for safety reasons.

Watch the video ‘The Story of a Mother Separated from Her 2 Small Children when Floods Hit South Korea’:

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(it’s/imk)

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