At least eight folks have died after heavy rain hit South Korea’s capital – flooding properties, roads and subway stations.
The rainfall turned the streets of Seoul’s prosperous Gangnam district into rivers.
People had been seen wading via thigh-high waters within the space – one in every of Seoul’s most bustling enterprise and leisure districts.
Around 17 inches (43cm) of rainfall was recorded in Seoul’s hardest-hit Dongjak district from Monday to noon on Tuesday.
More than 5.5 inches of rain fell per hour (14cm per hour) at one level on Monday evening – the best hourly downpour measured within the capital since 1942.
President Yoon Suk-yeol urged public employers and personal firms to regulate their commuting hours as folks slowly returned to work on Tuesday morning.
He additionally known as for faster motion in restoring broken services and evacuating folks in harmful areas to stop additional deaths.
The nation’s defence ministry mentioned the navy was ready to deploy troops to assist with restoration efforts if requested by cities or regional governments.
The torrential downpours started on Monday morning and intensified via the day into the late night.
Around 800 buildings in Seoul and close by cities had been broken, whereas a minimum of 790 folks had been compelled to flee their properties, the inside and security ministry mentioned.
In the close by metropolis of Seongnam, a rain-weakened hillside collapsed on to a college soccer area.
“The heavy rainfall is expected to continue for days… we need to maintain our sense of alert and respond with all-out effort,” mentioned Mr Yoon.
Rainstorms additionally hit North Korea, the place authorities issued heavy rain warnings for the southern and western elements of the nation.
The North’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper described the rain as probably “disastrous” and known as for measures to guard farmland and forestall flooding on the Taedong river, which flows via the capital, Pyongyang.
Source: information.sky.com”