Torrential rail triggers deadly South Korea flooding

Seven radical person died and thousands person been forced to evacuate their homes owed to flooding successful South Korea.

A 3rd time of torrential rainfall has caused landslides, powerfulness cuts, and harm to infrastructure crossed the country.

Early connected Saturday, officials said that h2o had overtopped a dam successful the cardinal North Chungcheong province.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has asked the subject to assistance with rescue efforts.

As good arsenic those confirmed killed, 3 radical are presently missing and respective are reported injured, with the wide fig of casualties expected to rise.

Thousands of radical person been affected by evacuation orders issued by assorted section governments.

The Yonhap News Agency reported that immoderate 6,400 residents were evacuated aft the Goesan Dam began to overflow astatine astir 06:30 section clip connected Saturday (22:30 BST connected Friday).

A fig of low-lying villages adjacent the dam, arsenic good arsenic galore of the roads connecting them, were said to person been submerged, leaving immoderate residents trapped successful their homes.

Korail, the country's nationalist obstruction operator, has announced the suspension of each dilatory trains and immoderate slug trains, and said different slug bid services would beryllium disrupted.

Late connected Friday, a bid was derailed successful North Chungcheong aft a landslide threw world and soil onto the tracks.

One technologist was injured successful the incident, but the bid was not carrying passengers astatine the time.