Floods and landslides kill 14 in South Korea

A series of days of heavy rain has caused heavy flooding in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. There have also been landslides in some places. This has caused extensive damage and several casualties. The country’s authorities have said that at least 14 people have died so far. The death toll is expected to rise. As many as 12 people are still missing. Their rescue operation is underway. A landslide in the Chungcheongnam-do region has buried an entire village under soil and debris. Most of the destruction occurred in Sancheon in the south of the country. Six people have died in this area and seven others are missing. Thousands of roads and buildings have been damaged and submerged by floodwaters, farmland has been damaged and there have been reports of widespread livestock deaths. A mountainous area near the capital Seoul and other places in the west and north have also been affected. Local media reported that nearly 10,000 people have fled their homes across the region since the torrential rains began on Wednesday, and more than 41,000 families have been temporarily without power. On Sunday, President Lee Jae-myung declared the worst-hit areas a special disaster zone and his government launched a multi-agency rescue operation. Home Minister Yoon Ho-jung ordered local authorities to use “all the government’s resources.” Yesterday, the country’s Ministry of National Security said that homes, rice fields and farms in Seosan city in Chungcheong province had been flooded. Local authorities said they had evacuated 5,192 people from 13 different cities to safer places. The rain and flooding damaged 496 public and 276 private properties. Meanwhile, the flood situation in Pakistan has not improved, but has worsened. Massive flooding has hit the country’s Punjab province. The terrible floods have claimed many lives. At least 63 people have died in just 24 hours. A total of 170 people have died since June 26. In addition to South Korea and Pakistan, heavy rains have also caused floods in India and Russia. In Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, continuous rains have flooded various areas of the city, including a government hospital. Due to waterlogging, patients and health workers were seen walking in knee-deep water in the hospital premises. At least eight villages in Russia have been flooded due to continuous rains. More than 100 residents, their pets and livestock have been rescued by emergency management. 93 houses have been submerged in the flood. Experts believe that this ice-covered region has been a direct victim of climate change in recent years.