How many people does it take to drain a flooded basement? Well, I found out on Wednesday night when my apartment complex took on several inches of water, compelling a motley crew of residents to grab their buckets and head below ground.
Heavy rains swept across the central region of the country on Wednesday, killing one person in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, and forcing 26 others to evacuate in Incheon and Gyeonggi.
Tables and chairs floated through the muddy first floor of a Starbucks in Sinan-dong, Buk District in Gwangju on Thursday as record-breaking rainfall submerged parts of the region.
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 100 as the massive search continues for missing people. The number of deaths reached 104 on Monday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for "perfection" in the reconstruction of homes in the flood-ravaged regions of the country's northwest, state media reported Tuesday.
The government on Tuesday announced the designation of 14 sites that are candidates for the construction or upgrading of dams to combat heavy precipitation and drought.
His decision comes in the midst of the Democratic Party's efforts to impeach him due to a recent controversy related to the military's investigation into the death of Marine lance corporal Chae Su-geun.
Typhoon Khanun left over 360 facilities damaged or flooded as it passed South Korea, according to authorities Friday. Khanun dissipated after reaching near Pyongyang at around 6 a.m. Friday.
The government on Friday requested an investigation into police officers suspected of misconduct in responding to the recent deadly flooding of an underpass in Osong-eup of Cheongju, North Chungcheong.
The Environment Ministry and local governments are blaming each other for causing the recent flooding of an underpass in North Chungcheong that killed at least 14 people.
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