Due to the record heavy rains that continued from the 8th, the number of people who died or went missing in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon increased to 18.
According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (middle script), as of 11 p.m. yesterday (10th), 10 people died (6 in Seoul, 3 in Gyeonggi, 1 in Gangwon) and 8 missing (3 in Seoul). · 3 people in Gyeonggi, 2 in Gangwon), and 19 people in injuries (game).
At 6 pm, the number of missing persons in the Gangwon area increased by two.
Police and fire departments are searching for an elderly couple who went missing to inspect a beehive in Wonju, Gangwon, where heavy rain of more than 200 mm fell.
In Seoul, a man in his 40s who went missing after falling into a manhole in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu on the night of the 8th night when torrential rain fell, was found dead in another manhole about 1.5km away from the accident site in the afternoon.
He and his older sister in their fifties were swept into a manhole on a road in Seocho-dong.
The missing sister has not yet been found.
The number of victims whose residences were damaged or flooded due to this heavy rain was 723 people from 570 households, concentrated in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.
(Photo = Yonhap News)