Overall Green alert Flood
in South Korea

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102131
Death: 37
Displaced: 8800
Countries: South Korea
From - To 13 Jul - 15 Jul

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South Korea, Mid-July 2023South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety reported multiple fatalities after days of heavy rain in mid-July 2023 triggered floods and landslides. At least 9 people died after a bus became trapped in a flooded underground tunnel located in Osong, Cheongju City, capital of North Chungcheong Province. Elsewhere several people died or were missing in North Gyeongsang Province, where Yecheon County was particularly badly affected.Sun 16 Jul 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

(EDITORIAL from Korea Times on July 19) 7/19/2023 12:38:00 AM.

Deja-vu tragedies How much longer must people suffer? Korea has succumbed to the Monsoon rains' power once again. The seasonal downpours left 50 people dead or missing, 35 injured and more than 10,000 evacuated to shelters as of 8 p.m. Mond
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Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation. 7/18/2023 11:48:00 PM.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is striving to make the U.S. like Florida, but there’s one costly way Americans may not want to mimic the Sunshine State: the cost of homeowners insurance. Former President Donald Trump, the early front-runner in the Repub
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'Utterly devastated': Search continues for 2 young siblings swept away.. 7/18/2023 7:59:00 PM.

UPPER MAKEFIELD, Penn. – The search continued Tuesday for Conrad and Matilda "Mattie" Sheils, two children swept away by Pennsylvania floodwaters Saturday who haven't been seen since. Their mother and at least four others were killed. The c
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Europe’s summer holiday threatened by fires as US, South Korea flood 7/18/2023 11:52:00 AM.

The northern hemisphere is sweltering, with an unrelenting heatwave sweeping across southern Europe, leaving forest fires and emergency health alerts in its wake. Across North America temperatures are also skyrocketing, with no sign of abat
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),