At least 31 people have died after torrential rains triggered deadly flash floods and landslides in South Korea, media reports said on Sunday.
The death toll from the flash floods raised to 31 with five bodies of people who were trapped under a tunnel submerged by firefighting authorities said, Reuters reported.
The five people were found from a bus that has been submerged at a flooded underpass in Cheongju on Saturday after rescue workers began underwater search operations early Sunday, officials said.
Rescue workers have so far pulled seven bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water.
The Ministry of Interior and Safety earlier said 26 people have died and 10 were missing as of 6 a.m. (2100 GMT on Saturday) as the heavy rains caused landslides and floods across the country, with evacuation covering 7,540 people.
The casualties from the flooded tunnel were not included in the ministry’s data as it was not immediately clear how many people and cars were trapped underwater.
“We are focusing on the search operation as there’s likely more people there,” Seo Jeong-il, head of the west Cheongju fire station, told reporters.
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