Seoul, South Korea, encountered a hundred years of heavy rain: more than 1,000 cars in the subway were drowned by flooded people

A subway station in Seoul was flooded

Overseas Network, August 9th. According to the Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean capital circle suffered a heavy rain on August 8. As of 6 am on the 9th, 7 people had died, 9 injuries, 6 people disappeared, and caused more than 1,000 cars to be. Donor and subway stations have puzzled water, and ground settlement and power outage occurred one after another. The "Korean Daily" stated that as of 23:00 on the 8th, Seoul's single -day rainfall was as high as 380 mm, which was the highest rainfall in Seoul since 102 years.

Seoul encountered a heavy rainstorm, and the citizens sat on the roof

At around 19:00 on the 8th, a 60 -year -old civil servant died during heavy rain. The cause of death was suspected to be an electric shock. At around 21:00 on the same day, three citizens trapped in semi -basement died. On the same day, in Guangzhou, Gyeonggi -do, the collapse of the bus station caused a citizen to die, and two people disappeared after being washed away by floods.

At 23:00 on the 8th, South Korean State Prime Minister Han Dexu presided over an emergency meeting to hear the report on the situation of heavy rain and disaster, and instructed the relevant departments to do their best to carry out post -disaster rescue work to protect the safety of the people's lives. In the early morning of the 9th, the Ministry of Administration of South Korea raised the disaster crisis alert from "alert" to "severe level". (Overseas Network Liu Qiang)

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