the venezuelan opposition leader, maria corina machado, has accused the government of sending a violent group to threaten and attack her supporters, at a rally in the capital caracas. her vehicle was attacked ms machado was not injured. last month she was banned for holding public office for 15 years, in what she says is a politically motivated attempt by the government to stifle opposition. to south korea now, where at least 35 people are known to have died as a result of floods. rescue efforts continue to reach people trapped in their cars in an underground tunnel which was inundated after a nearby river burst its banks. the workers, including divers, have spent the last 24 hours searching the underpass, which is half a kilometre long, in the town of cheongju, in the central chungcheong region.
obviously, and when it tends to happen year after year it s obviously becoming stronger and stronger and the vegetation and everyone has to recover, that s for sure. to south korea now where at least 37 people are known to have died as a result of floods. rescue efforts continue to reach people trapped in their cars in an underground tunnel which was inundated after a nearby river burst its banks. the workers, including divers, have spent the last 2a hours searching the underpass, which is half a kilometre long, in the town of cheongju, in the central chungcheong region. live now to the capital seoul, and we can speak to our correspondent, yuna ku. you ve been following this story where are we with those efforts? are they continuing?
to south korea now, where rescue efforts continue to reach people trapped in their cars in an underground tunnel following flash flooding. the workers, including divers, have spent the last 2a hours searching the underpass, in the town of cheongju, in the central chungcheong region. eight bodies have so far been recoverd, including five from a submerged bus. flooding and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed at least 35 people across the country. south korea s annual rainy season has become more intense in recent years, as a result of rising temperatures. our correspondent yuna ku is in the capital, seoul, with the latest. the flood is not still rising, but there was still heavy rainfall going on in this region, the central and south eastern region of south korea. the korea meteorological administration said that this heavy
however, there is another heatwave due to hit parts of europe at the beginning of next week. the european space agency has warned that spain, france, germany, poland and italy are among the countries that could see extremely high temperatures. areas of italy, for example, we re told that they could see temperatures as high as 48 degrees celsius on tuesday. to south korea now where at least 37 people are known to have died as a result of floods. rescue efforts continue to reach people trapped in their cars in an underground tunnel which was inundated after a nearby river burst its banks. the workers, including divers, have spent the last 2a hours searching the underpass, which is half a kilometre long, in the town of cheongju, in the central chungcheong region. earlier our correspondent yuna ku
river burst its banks. the workers, including divers, have spent the last 2a hours searching the underpass, which is half a kilometre long, in the town of cheongju, in the central chungcheong region. earlier our correspondent yuna ku sent us this update from seol. the rescue efforts are continuing. this has led to considerable loss of human life and properties and one of the worst incidences that took place in cheongju, what happened here was floodwater swept in in a tunnel and trapped people inside their vehicles. and rescuers including soldiers have been deployed to this region to continue the search for missing people and investigating the