Landslides leave at least 30 dead in South Korea

Dozens were killed in floods and landslides, triggered by "the heaviest downpours in a century" in central South Korea, the Yonhap news agency said on Thursday citing the national emergency situations department. Multiple landslides across the country also resulted in "urban traffic chaos, power outages and flooded streets, roads and residential areas," the agency said. A landslide which occurred on Tuesday near the city of Chuncheon some 85 kilometers east of the capital Seoul destroyed four residential buildings and a care home, leaving 13 people dead and 26 injured. Another powerful mudslide from the slope of Mount Umyeon near the southern tip of Seoul buried dozens of village houses, killing at least 17. Seven people drowned in the swollen Han River and three died when a factory roof collapsed. The death toll is likely to rise with dozens listed as missing.