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Rescue personnel search for people who went missing in a flooded underpass in Osong-eup of Cheongju, North Chungcheong, on July 16. [YONHAP]

Seven arrest warrants filed in connection to Osong flood disaster

Prosecutors on Thursday filed arrest warrants against seven individuals for alleged negligence that they said contributed to 25 casualties in a flash flood that overcame an underpass in Osong-eup in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, in July.

2023.12.8

Emergency personnel rehearse rescuing people trapped in a flood at the Cheonggye Stream in central Seoul on Wednesday. Led by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the training session includes officials from city and district police and fire departments, and has been expanded from previous years to prepare for potentially heavy rains. A family of three that lived in a semi-basement apartment, including a 13-year-old child, drowned after failing to escape from a flash flood in August last year. [YONHAP]

Preparing for heavy rains

Led by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the training session includes officials from city and district police and fire departments, and has been expanded from previous years to prepare for potentially heavy rains.

2023.5.24

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Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon visits a high school in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, that was damaged from heavy rainfall on Aug. 12. [YONHAP]

78 schools damaged in Seoul during heavy rains last week

A total of 78 schools in Seoul were damaged last week due to the record heavy rains.

2022.8.16

Cars are left abandoned in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Tuesday after heavy rain on Monday. [NEWS1]

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People were killed or went missing in Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi province as flash floods unleashed by unprecedented rain wreaked havoc.

2022.8.16

Emergency personnel on Wednesday continue to search for people who went missing in Monday's flash floods around Gangnam Station in southern Seoul. [YONHAP]

When Seoul floods, underground class feels it hardest

Authorities continue to search for missing people after Monday's unprecedented flash floods exposed the acute vulnerability of low-income Seoul residents who live in banjiha, or semi-basement apartments.

2022.8.10