In and around Seoul, the capital of South Korea, severe rain caused power outages, created landslides, and flooded residences as well as the metro system. At least seven people are dead and six are missing.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul's southern region received more than 100mm (3.9 inches) of rain per hour late on Monday, with some areas of the city receiving 141.5mm (5.7 inches) per hour (KMA).The downpour was the heaviest in 80 years, according to the Yonhap news agency.
By early Tuesday, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters reported that at least five individuals had passed away in Seoul, while two more had passed away in the surrounding Geyonggi province.
Three of the fatalities were residents of banjiha, the claustrophobic subterranean apartments portrayed in Bong Joon-Oscar-winning ho's film Parasite, in Seoul's Gwanak neighborhood.
According to the Yonhap news agency, one of the three was a teenager, and the family reported being trapped in their basement house on Monday night. They were discovered dead afterwards.Another person is suspected to have been electrocuted while attempting to remove a fallen tree from the side of the road, according to disaster officials, who also confirmed that a fourth person died in Seoul after becoming trapped in a flooded building.
One victim was discovered in the rubble of a bus station that had collapsed in the city of Gwangju in the Geyonggi province, and another died after being buried in a landslide.
Six persons were reported missing, and at least nine people were hurt.On Tuesday, some buildings and stores in Seoul's opulent Gangnam neighborhood were under water and without power, while stranded commuters were left in their cars, buses, and metro stations due to the flooding.
According to Lee Dongha, a 27-year-old office worker in Seoul, "I was near Gangnam station yesterday night as the rainfall worsened, with thunder and lightning striking every 30 seconds.""Bus stops, subway stations, and streets all suddenly became submerged, and I promptly decided to reserve an accommodation since I didn't want to be left stranded."
On Tuesday morning, President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed government officials to evacuate citizens from dangerous locations and urged companies to give workers flexible commuting times.
Life and safety are the most precious things in the world. The big rain issue will be expertly handled by the government, he stated on his Facebook page.
On Tuesday, the Korea Forest Service issued landslide advisories in 46 cities and counties across the nation, including in nine districts in Seoul, while the Interior Ministry increased its flood watch level to "severe." According to Yonhap.
The Seoul metropolitan region, which has a population of 26 million, is still under a heavy rain warning from the KMA for Tuesday, with some locations expecting precipitation to reach 50 to 100 mm per hour (2 to 4 inches) or more.
It stated that it anticipates the country's central region to have severe rain through at least Wednesday.While South Korea regularly receives heavy summer rains, a KMA official who spoke to the Reuters news agency on the condition of anonymity said that "such dramatic increase in precipitation and frequent torrential rains cannot be explained without the large trend of climate change."
"Climate change has led to a protracted summer, which is seen occurring more frequently as a result of this occurrence."
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