8 killed, 6 missing in S. Korean heavy rains
STORY: 8 killed, 6 missing in S. Korean heavy rains
DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2022
LENGTH: 00:02:48
LOCATION: Seoul
CATEGORY: OTHERS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the heavy rains
STORYLINE:
Eight people were killed and six others went missing as South Korea's metropolitan region was pounded by heavy rains, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said Tuesday.
Over 100 millimeters per hour of rains hit the capital Seoul, the western port city of Incheon and Gyeonggi province, which surrounds Seoul, on Monday night.
The per-hour precipitation in Dongjak district of Seoul reached 141.5 millimeters at one point, marking the heaviest hourly downpour in the country since 1942.
The downpours left five people dead and four missing in Seoul, while three died and two others were unaccounted for in Gyeonggi province.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Seoul.
(XHTV)
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