Data Report
Climate Change => Current Weather => Topic started by: Steve on July 19, 2025, 07:35:28 am
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SUMMARY - Two people have died and five were missing in the South Korean county of Gapyeong on Sunday (2025-07-20), after a landslide engulfed houses and campsites and flooding swept away vehicles amid heavy rainfall. A landslide hit a campsite in Gapyeong, leaving a man in his 40s dead, two family members missing and 24 other people stranded, fire authorities said.
NOTE - The situation that the country of South Korea is facing could be categorized as both "landslides" as well as "floods / flash floods" for the purposes of this board. For continuity, it shall remain as "landslides" but the landslides are being caused by both significant rain as well as flooding.
LINK - https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/death-toll-rises-17-south-korea-rains-cause-landslide-floods-2025-07-20/ (https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/death-toll-rises-17-south-korea-rains-cause-landslide-floods-2025-07-20/)
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SUMMARY - One person was found dead in Sancheong County, South Gyeongsang Province, after a landslide caused by heavy rain consumed two houses in a county village. Authorities are conducting search and rescue operations for two others who went missing in the landslide.
LINK - https://ommcomnews.com/world-news/south-korea-death-toll-rises-as-heavy-rains-cause-landslide-national-firefighting-mobilisation-order-issued/ (https://ommcomnews.com/world-news/south-korea-death-toll-rises-as-heavy-rains-cause-landslide-national-firefighting-mobilisation-order-issued/)