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🇰🇷 Record Torrential Rains Hit Southern Regions of Korea
On July 10, 2024, record torrential rains struck the southern regions of Korea, resulting in the deaths of 4 people and 1 person reported missing.

⛈ Today, from early morning, the province of South Jeolla experienced the heaviest torrential rains. In Gunsan, located 178 kilometers south of Seoul, 131.7 mm of rainfall was recorded by 2:42 AM, marking the highest hourly rainfall officially recorded nationwide. This amount exceeds 10% of the city's average annual rainfall of 1,246 mm.

💦Heavy rains flooded a residential home in Nonsan around 3 AM, resulting in one person dying in a flooded elevator. Rescue teams recovered the body and are trying to establish the person's identity.

Around 4 AM in Socheon, a landslide caused a house to collapse, trapping a 70-year-old man under debris. He was transported to the hospital, but doctors pronounced him dead.

Another 70-year-old man died in Okcheon around 5 AM after his car was swept away by a strong current from an overflowing river.

All railway services on the Chanhwa Line in South Chungcheong Province and the Gyeongbuk Line in Gyeongsangbuk Province are suspended until 6:00 PM.

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