{"id":1974977,"date":"2023-07-17T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-after-powerful-rain-storm-grows-to-40-hundreds-of-rescue-workers-deployed\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:47:43","slug":"death-toll-after-powerful-rain-storm-grows-to-40-hundreds-of-rescue-workers-deployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-after-powerful-rain-storm-grows-to-40-hundreds-of-rescue-workers-deployed\/","title":{"rendered":"40 dead, many rescue workers sent after strong rain storm."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeath-toll-after-powerful-rain-storm-grows-to-40-hundreds-of-rescue-workers-deployed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Heavy Rainstorm Devastates \u2063South Korea, \u200dDeath Toll Rises to 40<\/h2>\n<p>For the\u2063 past\u200b nine \u2064days, South Korea has\u2063 been battered by heavy\u2063 downpours,\u2062 resulting in\u2063 a\u2063 destructive storm\u200c that \u200bhas caused landslides, flooded \u200bhomes, and submerged vehicles. The \u2064severity \u2064of \u200bthe \u2064situation has\u200b made\u200d it challenging for \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infant-found-alive-in-rubble-of-egyptian-building\/\" title=\"Infant Found Alive In Rubble Of Egyptian Building\">rescue workers<\/a> to search for survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Since July\u2064 9, \u200bwhen the relentless rain\u200d began,\u200d at least\u2063 40 \u200bpeople \u2063have \u200dtragically lost their\u2062 lives, with 34 others \u200bsustaining\u2062 injuries. \u2063Over\u2063 10,000\u2063 individuals have been\u2064 forced to evacuate their homes.<\/p>\n<p>The central \u200cand \u2064southern regions \u2064of South \u200cKorea have experienced \u200bthe most\u200b severe damage. \u200dIn \u200bthe \u200ccity\u2062 of Cheongju,\u200b rescue \u2063workers,\u2064 including divers, \u200bare\u2062 tirelessly\u2064 searching for survivors\u2064 in a muddy tunnel. This \u200ctunnel\u2063 became a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-shows-restaurants-gyms-hair-salons-were-not-a-significant-source-of-covid-transmissions-but-there-are-caveats\/\" title=\"Analysis Shows Restaurants, Gyms, Hair Salons Were Not A Significant Source Of COVID Transmissions, But There Are Caveats\">death trap<\/a> for about 15 vehicles, including \u200ca bus, when\u200b a \u200cflash flood struck on\u2064 Saturday\u2062 evening.<\/p>\n<p>So \u200bfar, 13 \u200bbodies \u200bhave been \u2062recovered,\u2062 and nine individuals have been rescued and \u200btreated for \u200cinjuries. The exact number \u200bof people trapped in the\u200b submerged cars \u2064remains\u200d unknown.<\/p>\n<p\u200b style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The\u2062 following video\u2063 contains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-releases-10-videos-showing-most-egregious-attacks-on-capitol-police-officers\/\" title=\"FBI Releases 10 Videos Showing \u2018Most Egregious\u2019 Attacks On Capitol Police Officers\">graphic content<\/a>\u200c that \u2064some \u2062viewers may find disturbing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u2063dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WARNING: \u2062GRAPHIC CONTENT<br \/>\nRescuers retrieved bodies\u200c from a flooded tunnel in \u2063South Korea \u200das the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungary-takes-lead-as-europe-prepares-to-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Hungary takes lead as Europe prepares to begin COVID-19 vaccinations\">death toll rose<\/a> from downpours that caused\u200d landslides and floods <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xuj4fVGsYh\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xuj4fVGsYh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xWTXUGHwod\">pic.twitter.com\/xWTXUGHwod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bReuters\u2063 (@Reuters) \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1680657300535615490?\">July\u2062 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of\u200d Monday\u200d afternoon, \u200cmost of the water \u2064has been pumped out of \u200cthe tunnel, allowing rescue \u2063workers\u200d to \u2063continue their\u200d search \u2064on foot. Previously, \u2062rubber boats\u200d were used \u2062to transport \u200cbodies \u200bon stretchers.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063the\u200b town of \u2062Yecheon, located \u2062in\u2063 the southeastern part of the country, hundreds of emergency \u200cworkers, \u200dsoldiers, \u200band police are combing\u2064 through \u200cknee-high \u200dmud \u2064and debris in search\u200b of\u200d survivors. Landslides\u2064 have destroyed\u200b homes\u200b and caused roads to buckle, resulting in the deaths\u2063 of at\u200b least nine\u2062 people,\u2063 with eight \u200cothers \u2064still missing.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from \u2063the\u200c scene\u2062 depict fire \u2062and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-after-powerful-rain-storm-grows-to-40-hundreds-of-rescue-workers-deployed\/\" title=\"40 dead, many rescue workers sent after strong rain storm.\">police officers utilizing\u2062 search dogs<\/a> to \u2062navigate \u2062the \u2063devastation \u2062caused by the storm.<\/p>\n<p>Across South Korea, nearly \u2063200 \u200dhomes and\u200d about\u200c 150 roads\u2063 have been damaged or\u200c destroyed. \u200dAdditionally, 28,607 people \u2062have \u200dbeen left \u200bwithout electricity in \u2063recent \u2062days, according to \u200ca report from the \u2063Ministry\u2064 of the Interior\u2064 and \u2064Safety.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u200ddir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Floods \u2062and\u2063 landslides submerged roads\u2062 and \u2064homes across South Korea, \u200dkilling at\u200b least \u200d26 people\u2064 and \u200cleaving \u206410 others missing\u2064 as of late Saturday, officials\u200b said.\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLK3teicqz\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZLK3teicqz<\/a> <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1QLYoFdWx\">pic.twitter.com\/j1QLYoFdWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063The New \u2063York Times (@nytimes) \u200c<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1680286104426283009?\">July\u200b 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Korea\u2064 Meteorological\u200d Administration has issued heavy rain\u2063 warnings for \u200dlarge portions of the \u200dcountry. \u200bSome\u2064 southern \u200dareas are\u200b experiencing torrential rains of up to 1.2\u2064 inches per hour. The\u200d central and southern regions could\u200c still \u2062receive an \u2063additional 7.9\u2062 inches of rain through Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Upon\u2064 returning\u200d from his \u2064trip\u200d to\u2062 Europe\u2062 and Ukraine, \u2063South Korean\u200b President Yoon \u200dSuk Yeol \u2063held\u200d an emergency \u200bgovernment meeting. He \u2063urged officials \u200cto designate the hardest-hit \u2064areas as special disaster zones, \u200densuring that \u200dmore\u200c financial and\u200c logistical\u200b assistance \u200bcan be directed towards\u2064 relief \u2062efforts.<\/p>\n<p>President Yoon \u2063later visited\u2064 Yecheon, where he received\u2062 a briefing\u200b on the \u2064ongoing\u200b search and\u200d rescue \u200coperations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: \u200ditalic\">The\u2062 Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press \u2062story\u2062 and\u200b may have\u200d altered it \u2063prior \u2063to publication to\u2064 ensure\u2064 that\u2064 it\u2063 meets\u2064 our \u2063editorial \u2062standards.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d post <a \u2064rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/death-toll-powerful-rain-storm-grows-40-hundreds-rescue-workers-deployed\/\">Death Toll \u200bAfter Powerful Rain Storm\u2064 Grows to \u206440, Hundreds \u200dof Rescue\u200c Workers Deployed<\/a> \u2064appeared \u200dfirst on \u2064<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>endure evacuation orders as a result of the relentless rain. South Korea is facing its worst storm of the year, with heavy rainfall causing landslides, damaged homes, and flooded vehicles. Rescue efforts are underway, but the death toll has reached 40, while 34 individuals are injured. Over 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1974978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}