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发帖数: 11530 | 1 Seoul (CNN) -- A landslide near the South Korean town of Chuncheon killed 32
people and injured 24 others, authorities said Wednesday.
More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the
collapse occurred at midnight, according to the Central Disaster Relief
Center.
About 400 families have lost their homes and more than 14,000 were left
without power.
The hillside gave way during a summer of record-setting rainfall, which has
caused flooding and major traffic disruptions across portions of the country.
Chuncheon is about 75 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of the capital, Seoul,
which has seen more than 400 millimeters (15 inches) of rain since Tuesday.
Sixty households in the capital have been cut off by high water, and six
people are missing, the disaster center reported.
The Korea Meteorological Agency has issued a special heavy rainfall alert
for cities in the center of the country. The forecast calls for the downpour
to continue at a rate of 60 millimeters (2.4 inches) per hour over the next
day.
"This is a lot of rain considering that the amount we saw yesterday and
today consists of three-quarters of what we got during the rainy season,"
Cheung Kwan-young from the meteorological agency said.
South Korea typically experiences a rainy season during the summer. | W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 2 I like to hear what 都反共反中反脑残了吧-human-scums say on this developed,
rich country. |
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