Torrential rain causes lethal South Korea flooding

Seven people have actually died and thousands have actually been forced to leave their houses because of flooding in South Korea.

A third day of downpour has actually created landslides, power cuts, as well as damage to infrastructure throughout the nation.

Beforehand Saturday, officials claimed that water had actually overtopped a dam in the central North Chungcheong district.

Head Of State Han Duck-soo has asked the army to assist with rescue efforts.

As those verified eliminated, three individuals are presently missing out on and also numerous are reported damaged, with the overall number of casualties expected to climb.

Thousands of people have been affected by emptying orders provided by different local governments.

The Yonhap News Company reported that some 6,400 citizens were left after the Goesan Dam started to overflow at around 06:30 neighborhood time on Saturday (22:30 BST on Friday).

A number of low-lying towns near the dam, as well as a number of the roads linking them, were said to have actually been submerged, leaving some residents trapped in their houses.

Korail, the nation'' s nationwide rail driver, has actually announced the suspension of all sluggish trains and also some bullet trains, and also said other bullet train solutions would certainly be interrupted.

Late on Friday, a train was hindered in North Chungcheong after a landslide tossed earth and sand onto the tracks.

One designer was wounded in the event, however the train was not carrying passengers at the time.