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The ministry said 10 people were discovered dead and four others
were reported missing in the southern town of Sancheong over the
weekend after heavy downpours caused landslides, house collapses
and flash floods there.
A ministry report said that one person died in the southern city
of Gwangju. It said that seven others remain missing in Gwangju,
Gapyeong and elsewhere.
Earlier last week, a person was also killed when their car was
buried by soil and concrete after a retaining wall of an
overpass collapsed in Osan, just south of Seoul, during heavy
rain. Three others were found dead in a submerged car, a swollen
stream and a flooded basement in southern South Chungcheong
province.
As of 4 p.m. on Sunday, about 2,730 people remain evacuated from
their homes, the ministry report said. The rain stopped in most
of South Korea on Sunday, and heavy rain alerts have been
subsequently lifted throughout the country, ministry officials
said.
Since Wednesday, southern regions have received up to about
600-800 millimeters (24-31 inches) of rain, according to the
ministry report.
President Lee Jae Myung expressed deep sympathy to those who
lost their loved ones and suffered financial damage due to the
heavy downpours. Lee said the government will push to designate
areas hit hard it by the downpours as special disaster zones.
The designation would provide them with greater financial and
other recovery support from the government.
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