A landslide triggered by torrential rain crashed into South Korea capital Seoul, killing 32 people and leaving one child missing, emergency services said.
A report says, 10 of the 13 people killed in the landslide in Churcheon, were students who had been doing volunteer work, said Byun In-soo of the town's fire station.
"We were asleep and suddenly I heard a big sound, and then the ceiling fell down," Lee Beon-seok, a student, told a television station.
Seoul recieved about 400 mm (16 inches) of rain in the past 24 hours, causing flash floods, landslides and bridge closures. A blackout hit the south of the city, suspending train services, and inundating subway stations.
Rescue workers carry a dead body which was found in a collapsed house in Chuncheon, about 100 km (60 miles) east of Seoul, July 27, 2011. A landslide caused by torrential rain crashed into a South Korean mountain resort east of Seoul early on Wednesday, destroying four buildings, including two small hotels, and killing at least 10 people, officials said. Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and transport delays, while the share price of insurers fell on fears that damage costs would run into millions of dollars.REUTERSA man walks under a fallen tree, next to cars damaged by landslide and heavy rainfall at a village in Seoul July 27, 2011. Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and transport delays, while the share price of insurers fell on fears that damage costs would run into millions of dollars.REUTERSRescue workers search for possible survivors among collapsed houses in Chuncheon, about 100 km (60 miles) east of Seoul, July 27, 2011. A landslide caused by torrential rain crashed into a South Korean mountain resort east of Seoul early on Wednesday, destroying four buildings, including two small hotels, and killing at least 10 people, officials said. Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and transport delays, while the share price of insurers fell on fears that damage costs would run into millions of dollarsREUTERSRescue workers search for possible survivors among collapsed houses in Chuncheon, about 100 km (60 miles) east of Seoul, July 27, 2011. A landslide caused by torrential rain crashed into a South Korean mountain resort east of Seoul early on Wednesday, destroying four buildings, including two small hotels, and killing at least 10 people, officials said. Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and transport delays, while the share price of insurers fell on fears that damage costs would run into millions of dollars.REUTERSRescue workers remove a dead body from a collapsed house in Chuncheon, about 100 km (60 miles) east of Seoul, July 27, 2011. A landslide caused by torrential rain crashed into a South Korean mountain resort east of Seoul early on Wednesday, destroying four buildings, including two small hotels, and killing at least 10 people, officials said. Wild weather has battered the peninsula since late Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and transport delays, while the share price of insurers fell on fears that damage costs would run into millions of dollars.REUTERS
