to south korea, where rescue teams are trying 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 isn t still rising, but there is still heavy rainfall going on in this region, the central and south eastern region of south korea. the korean meteorological administration told us that this heavy rain is likely to continue until tuesday next week, which will make the rescue efforts even harder. actually, the landslide alert is applied to every region
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
fire officials reported nine people have been found dead at the site and there could be more as the operation is under way. the korean authorities say three days of continuous downpours in the central and south eastern areas of the country have left at least 33 people dead and ten missing. experts point out over the last few years, the weather has become unpredictable and too extreme in this country so in this case almost one third of annual precipitation is stomach has been realised in these three days. thank ou ve realised in these three days. thank you very much realised in these three days. thank you very much indeed, realised in these three days. thank you very much indeed, yuna i realised in these three days. thank you very much indeed, yuna ku. i realised in these three days. thank| you very much indeed, yuna ku. we will have more on that on bbc news throughout the day. meanwhile, back here, police have launched a murder investigation after a 17 year old boy was stabbed to d
last for long. joe inwood, bbc news. meanwhile, rescuers in south korea are struggling to reach cars trapped in a flooded tunnel. around 15 vehicles are reported to be in the tunnel in cheong ju, around 70 miles south of seoul. our reporter yuna ku is in seoul. what more can you tell us about this incident and the flooding across south korea ? rescuers have been working night and day in search of missing people. around 400 of them including soldiers have been deployed to one of the worst scenes of accidents that took place in cheong ju. what happened here on saturday morning, floodwaters swept in the suburban tunnel too quickly, leaving 15 people and vehicles inside. a massive amount of water was pumped up massive amount of water was pumped up last night. today they started the full search. so far the local
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