Overseas Network, August 11. According to Yonhap News Agency, statistics from the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in South Korea show that as of 6:00 a.m. local time on August 11, torrential rain in the metropolitan area caused 11 deaths, 8 missing, 18 injured, and 548 982 households were affected.
In terms of public facilities, 17 tracks in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do were flooded, 9 dams breached, 46 landslides, 15 each of water and sewer facilities and water conservancy facilities were damaged, and 40 cultural relics such as Namhansan Fort were damaged.
In terms of private facilities, 3,755 houses and shops were flooded; in addition, 46 places were without power due to the disaster.
According to the Chinese embassy in South Korea, as of August 10, a total of two Chinese citizens were confirmed to have died in the heavy rain in the South Korean capital area.
The consular office of the Chinese embassy in South Korea said that one of the two Chinese citizens who died was buried in a container dormitory caused by a landslide, and the other was electrocuted during outdoor construction during heavy rain.
(Liu Qiang from Overseas Network)