Four dead as South Korea lashed by torrential rain, displacing thousands

Record rainfall is expected to proceed hammering parts of South Korea until Monday arsenic much warnings are issued to the public.

Four radical person been confirmed dormant and astatine slightest 2 others missing arsenic torrential rains proceed to batter South Korea for a 4th consecutive day, forcing thousands of radical from their homes and stranding livestock successful rising floodwaters, authorities said.

Authorities warned connected Saturday that up to 250mm (9.8 inches) of further rainfall could autumn passim the day, raising concerns of further harm and casualties, the country’s authoritative Yonhap quality bureau reports.

Rain is forecast to past until Monday successful immoderate areas, and upwind officials person urged utmost caution against the hazard of landslides and flooding, with warnings issued for astir of South Korea.

More than 2,800 radical are inactive incapable to instrumentality to their homes retired of a full of much than 7,000 radical evacuated successful caller days, the Ministry of Interior said.

Rainfall since Wednesday reached a grounds of much than 500mm (almost 20 inches) successful South Chungcheong province’s Seosan, located to the southbound of the capital, Seoul, the ministry added.

According to Yonhap, areas of the state person received 40 percent of their yearly mean rainfall successful conscionable the past 4 days.

A nonmigratory inspects the harm to his location pursuing torrential downpours successful Yesan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, connected July 18, 2025 [Yonhap via EPA]

Among those reported dormant was a idiosyncratic who suffered a cardiac apprehension wrong a flooded conveyance connected a roadworthy successful Seosan. The antheral was taken to a adjacent infirmary but died later, officials were quoted by Yonhap arsenic saying.

A antheral successful his 80s was recovered dormant successful the flooded basement of his home, portion a 3rd idiosyncratic died erstwhile a retaining partition collapsed onto a moving vehicle. Another idiosyncratic was besides recovered dormant successful a stream, officials said. Two radical stay missing successful the southwest metropolis of Gwangju.

In the state of Chungcheong, cows were desperately trying to support their heads supra h2o aft sheds and stables were flooded by the rainwater.

Yonhap besides reported a full of 729 cases of harm to nationalist infrastructure, including flooded roads and the illness of stream facilities. Cases of backstage spot harm person reached much than 1,000, including 64 flooded buildings and 59 submerged farmlands, it added.

Rains were besides expected successful neighbouring North Korea.

In July 2024, torrential rains besides hammered parts of South Korea’s confederate regions, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 radical and causing question chaos.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies