Earth Watch Report - Storms - Flooding
This file photo,
released by North Korean Central News Agency on September 10, 2010,
shows North Korean farmers working in the fields flooded by torrential
rains after a typhoon at Sukchon county in South Pyonan province. Poor
weather makes it harder for the communist state to feed its
24-million-strong population as it lacks advanced agricultural
technology and infrastructure
....| 16.07.2013 | Tropical Storm | South Korea | MultiProvinces, [Provinces of Gapyeong and Pocheon] |  |  |
Tropical Storm in South Korea on Monday, 15 July, 2013 at 12:36 (12:36 PM) UTC.
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| A series of rainstorms over South Korea Sunday left two people dead and knocked down parts of the security fence on the border with North Korea, officials said. A repair crew had to string barbed wire along the two downed sections of fence, which measured 30 (98.4 feet) and 192 meters (630 feet) in length. Damage to the border fence is not unusual during the rainy season on the Korean Peninsula and permanent repairs will be made when the weather dries out, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. Drier weather will be welcome in the soggy areas north of Seoul. Yonhap said up to 272 millimeters (10.7 inches) of rain fell in Gyeonggi Province fell over the weekend, and Yeoncheon County picked up 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) in one hour early Sunday. The rains caused landslides and flash floods. Two people died when they were swept away by rushing water in two separate incidents in Gapyeong and Pocheon. |
Tropical Storm in South Korea on Monday, 15 July, 2013 at 12:36 (12:36 PM) UTC.
Back| Updated: | Tuesday, 16 July, 2013 at 03:20 UTC |
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| Three South Koreans were confirmed dead or missing after heavy rains pounded the Korean peninsula, leaving hundreds homeless as the downpours left a trail of destruction in the two Koreas, officials said Monday. The South's disaster management office said 122 houses were flooded or partly destroyed, leaving 263 people homeless. A 57-year-old man was found dead after being swept away in a flooded stream in the northern border city of Pocheon, it said. In Hongcheon, east of Seoul, a 85-year-old man was killed in a landslide, while a 34-year-old man went missing on a flooded road in Gapyeong, the office said. Weathermen said up to 321 mm (13 inches) of rain battered Seoul and northern border areas for three days until Monday. Torrential rains knocked down two sections of the barbed wire fence along the border with North Korea, one of them 192 metres long, the South's defence ministry said. The North's Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday that two people were killed and hundreds left homeless. Updated figures have not been given. Poor weather makes it harder for the communist state to feed its 24-million-strong population as it lacks advanced agricultural technology and infrastructure. | |
Hundreds homeless as torrential rains hit Korean peninsula
Agence France-Presse | Updated: July 15, 2013 19:15 IST
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The South's disaster management office said 122 houses were flooded or partly destroyed, leaving 263 people homeless.
A 57-year-old man was found dead after being swept away in a flooded stream in the northern border city of Pocheon, it said.
In Hongcheon, east of Seoul, a 85-year-old man was killed in a landslide, while a 34-year-old man went missing on a flooded road in Gapyeong, the office said.
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