at least eight people have died, including three who were living in a basement apartment. our correspondent, jean mackenzie, reports from seoul. flood water cascades down into the heart of seoul, filling the city from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13 year old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi basement apartments were made famous by the oscar winning film parasite. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour.
south korea has experienced its heaviest rainfall in 80 years, with floodwaters submerging roads in the capital seoul. at least eight people have died, including three who were living in a basement apartment. our correspondent, jean mackenzie, reports from seoul. flood water cascades down into the heart of seoul, filling the city from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13 year old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi basement apartments were made famous by the oscar winning film
this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. i want to tell you about how south korea has experience its heaviest rainfall in 80 years. with floodwaters submerging roads in the capital seoul. at least eight people have died, including three who were living in a basement apartment. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie reports from seoul. flood water cascades down into the heart of seoul. filling the city from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters
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