China News Service, August 4th. According to Korean media reports, South Korea’s capital and central regions have concentrated torrential rains for 4 consecutive days. The Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters stated on the 4th that based on 6 a.m. local time, since the 1st, Heavy rains in South Korea have caused a total of 12 deaths, 14 missing and 7 injured.
At present, 629 households have been affected by the disaster, and the total number of victims has reached 1,025. Among them, Chungbuk area suffered the most with 555 people.
At the same time, property losses are gradually increasing. After 1 day, a total of 2,958 public and private facilities were damaged; 5,751 hectares of farmland were damaged, of which 4,656 hectares were flooded.
In addition, many roads and railways in South Korea are also regulated. Traffic control was implemented on 43 highways in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheongdo, and 6 railways including Chungbuk Line, Taebaek Line, Yeongdong Line, Gyeonggang Line, and Hambaek Line were suspended.
At present, a total of 25,352 civil servants, firefighters, police and volunteers from all over South Korea are participating in emergency repairs. The fire department rescued 1,412 trapped people and repaired 2,752 houses, roads and other facilities.