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Strong rain is forecast in the central region today (4th). To date, 12 officials have been killed and 14 missing, but the damage continues to rise overnight.

Reporter Hun-kyung Jang will report the damages so far.

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At about 8 o'clock last night, a 1-ton freight car driven by a 62-year-old Mr. Mo, in Munbaek-myeon, Jincheon-gun, Chungbuk, was caught in the rapids.

It was reported that an accident occurred while going to look for rice fields that had been flooded with heavy rain.

The rescue team has found a vehicle, but Mr. Han, who has been very strong, has yet to find it.

Yesterday, a heavy rain of up to 46mm per hour was poured into Jincheon, where a woman in her 60s hit by a 15-ton top car is in a waterway and a fire department is searching.

Fourteen people have not been found so far, including nine missing in Chungbuk.

A total of 12 people, including 1 in Seoul, 7 in Gyeonggi, and 4 in Chungbuk, lost their lives, but only 6 were killed yesterday.

In Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, and Chungbuk, there were 865 victims, and some 1,800 people were evacuated to gyms.

Over 2,500 damages have been reported to buildings, roads, and bridges.

At about 9:30 last night, because of heavy rain and gusts, the front line of the power pole was cut off, and about 960 households, such as an apartment in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, were out of power for 2 hours.

43 roads across the country have been controlled, and some railroad services, such as the Chungbuk Line and Taebaek Line, have also been suspended.

Currently, 252 trails in 10 national parks including Bukhansan and Taebaeksan and 16 underground submerged roads in Gyeonggi, Chungbuk, and Gyeongbuk are under control.

The Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters cautioned that today, Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon, Chungcheong, and northern Gyeongbuk are expected to have a strong rain of 100mm per hour.