Officials work to fix a road that had been submerged under rainwater and soil from a nearby construction site in the administrative city of Sejong, Thursday. Yonhap
Heavy monsoon rains continued to pound central and other parts of the nation through Thursday morning, causing widespread damage, including flooded homes and fallen trees.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said heavy rain of up to 50 millimeters per hour was falling in the central Chungcheong provinces, where a heavy rain warning had already been issued, as well as in the adjacent areas in North Jeolla, Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces.
The cumulative rainfall from Wednesday through 7 a.m. Thursday exceeded 220 mm in the central cities of Daejeon and Cheongju, the KMA said, forecasting up to 200 mm of additional rainfall in the Chungcheong and southern regions through Thursday night.
The state weather agency has issued landslide and flood advisories across the country.
