South Korea rain mouth fees increases to 14: government

Most of the deaths occurred

At least two people were killed in South Korea in South Korea on Sunday, according to the Ministry of the Interior and brought the fatalities of violent rains this week.

The toll could rise with 12 people who have not yet been taken into account after five days of heavy rain.

Almost 170 millimeters (6.7 inches) Rain hit Gapyeong County in the province of Gyeonggi – 70 kilometers (40 miles) east of Seoul – missed at least two dead and four in the early Sunday.

A woman in the 70s was killed when her house collapsed in a landslide, while a man's body was found near a bridge in the forties after he had drowned, Yonhap News Agency reported.

According to official data, the total number of deaths from the five -day deluge is at least 14 years.

Most deaths occurred in the southern county of Sanchong, where almost 800 millimeter rain has been recorded since Wednesday.

Two corpses were found there in the early Sunday during the search and rescue operations, which increased the number of deaths in the counties of 33,000 to eight and six were still missing.

South Korea usually experiences monsoons in July and is usually well prepared. But this week, the southern regions of the country were hit by particularly intensive rains, with some of the most severe hourly precipitation showing how official weather data showed.

Scientists say that climate change has done more often and more intensive weather events worldwide. In 2022, South Korea was rain and flooding in which at least 11 people were killed.