South Korea forecasts even more rain as emergency workers are still entrenched in a battle against floods and landslides that have killed at least 41 people.
The capital has been hit with the heaviest rain on record, which triggered a mudslide in a residential area of the city's south on Wednesday and killed 16 people.
Meanwhile, in the Chuncheon area, 75 kilometres (50 miles) to the east of the capital, another 13 people died of bad weather, after a hill gave way, causing more damages.
"We're worried that even a little bit more rain could cause further landslides because the soil is so wet now," said Cho Ju Young, head of the disaster management team at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. "People need to keep watching the situation closely."
Almost 4,600 South Koreans were evacuated from flooded homes, said Kang Sun Mu, a spokesman at the Disaster & Safety Management Office, before adding that approximately 1,200 people were still sheltering in nearby churches, schools and buildings.
The rest of the country has also been affected by the floods as, as much as 645 hectares (1,600 acres) of farmland was flooded, according to Kang, while the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said there were 86 power outages across the country.
Also, according to the weather bureau, South Korea has received at least 60 percent more rain this month than of the same period in July last year.
Here we have some images of the rain hammering caused to the people of South Korea:
Rescue workers remove a 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.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 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 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. REUTERSREUTERSRescue 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.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 dollars.REUTERSA father (C) reacts as he touches his son's dead body 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.REUTERS
