The torrential rains that have been falling in South Korea for several days have made a total of 11 dead, according to a new evaluation after the announcement of the authorities of a new death in the vicinity of Seoul on Sunday.
Almost 170 mm of rain fell into Gapyeong County in the province of Gyeonggi, 70 km east of Seoul, early on Sunday, causing at least one dead and four missing.
“Four missing people”
“We hope that at least four would now disappear in addition to a death in Gapyeong,” said an official of the Interior Ministry on Sunday. The results of the number of deaths in the flood that has been arriving in the country for five days reaches 11 people, according to official figures.
A septuagenarian was killed in the collapse of his house during a landslide around 04:40 am on Sunday in Gapyeong, said Yonhap news agency.
Most of the victims were identified in Sancheong County, where almost 800 mm of rain fell since Wednesday. The Mouusson showers are common in July in South Korea and the country is generally well prepared there.
But this week, the southern country regions were reached by real floods, with records per hour, according to official weather data.
According to scientists, climate change causes extreme extreme and more intense climatic phenomena throughout the world. In 2022, South Korea registered a record number of showers and floods, in which at least 11 people were killed.
Source: BFM TV
