The number of fatalities from South Korea increases to 16

In five consecutive days, at least 16 people were missing throughout South Korea and another 10.

Two people died and just like many were missing in the city of Gapyeong on Sunday after a landslide and flooding swept away vehicles.

The Ministry of the Interior said that eight people were discovered dead and six were reported in the southern city of Sanchong as missing on Saturday after severe rainfall caused fall floods and landslides.

The number of deaths of death was on Sunday at 4 p.m. local time at 4 p.m. The Korea Herald reported, citing fire brigade authorities.

President Lee Jae Myung ordered that the worst areas, mainly in the south of the country, are declared special disaster zones that would entitle you to support state support for damage recovery and relief.

Interior Minister Yoon Ho Jung asked the local authorities to “mobilize all available resources” in order to carry out “Swift Notes Restauration work” after the government had launched restoring efforts in several authorities.

Mr. Yoon announced that an immediate assessment of the damage would be initiated to develop restoration plans for damaged facilities, including houses, commercial buildings and roads.

“The Ministry and the Local Governments must ensure that the displaced residents who stay in temporary accommodations have no inconvenience by providing a sufficient amount of relief goods and taking their greatest effort in emergency restoration in order to return to their normal life as quickly as possible,” he said.

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Last week, three people were found dead in a underked car, and another person was killed when their car was buried by soil and concrete after a supporting wall of an overpass in Osan, south of Seoul. The saturated soil had increased the risk of landslides themselves in areas that received relatively modest rainfall.

The downpours swept through South Chungcheong, South Jolla and South Gyeongsang regions last week, with the rainfall in July broke a precipitation of more than 500 mm and the evacuation of at least 3,840 people forced them from their houses.

The rain ended in most cases in South Korea on Sunday and then heavy rain warnings were lifted, the ministry added.

A heat wave should be followed on this period of strong rainfall, said the country's official weather forecast.