Floods in Korea
1980s
- In 1987, floods caused by Typhoon Thelma killed 123 people and caused $272 million in damages.{{cite news |date=July 19, 1987 |title=Death toll from Typhoon Thelma rises |agency=United Press International}}{{subscription required|via=Lexis Nexis}}
2000s
- In 2002, Typhoon Rusa caused mass flooding across Korea.{{cite news |date=2002-09-04 |title=Thousands homeless in North Korea from typhoon: aid agencies |publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |agency=Agence France-Presse |url=http://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-peoples-republic-korea/thousands-homeless-north-korea-typhoon-aid-agencies |access-date=2012-07-31}}
2010s
- The 2011 Seoul floods killed 69 people and caused hundreds of millions of damage.{{cite news
|last=Laurence
|first=Jeremy
|author2=Seongbin Kang
|date=2011-07-29
|title=South Koreans on landmine alert after deadly mudslides
|newspaper=The China Post
|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/korea/2011/07/29/311470/South-Koreans.htm
|accessdate=2011-07-29}}
- The 2014 August series of floods killed at least 5 people.{{cite news
|date=2014-08-26
|title=At least five dead in South Korea flash floods
|newspaper=BBC News
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28933389
|accessdate=2023-07-18}}
2020s
- From late June to mid-August 2020, heavy rains fell intensively or locally across the Korean Peninsula, causing a lot of damage.{{cite web |date=9 August 2020 |title=South Korea floods, landslides kill dozens, displace thousands |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/09/south-korea-floods-landslides-kill-dozens-displace-thousands/ |website=Al Jazeera}}
- On August 8, 2022, 100-300 mm of heavy rain per day fell in the metropolitan area.{{Cite news |last=Roh |first=Joori |date=2022-08-10 |title=Torrential rain lessens in S.Korean capital amid heavy flood damage |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/torrential-rain-lessens-skorean-capital-amid-heavy-flood-damage-2022-08-10/ |access-date=2022-08-10}}
- From early June through July 2023, heavy rainfall resulted in severe flooding and landslides, killing at least 41 people.{{Cite web |last=Jung-youn |first=Lee |date=17 July 2023 |title=Death toll from heavy rains continues to rise |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230717000501 |access-date=17 July 2023 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=17 July 2023 |title=중대본 "오전 6시 기준 호우로 39명 사망·9명 실종" |url=https://mnews.jtbc.co.kr/News/Article.aspx?news_id=nb12135373 |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=mnews.jtbc.co.kr |language=ko}}
- In early July 2024, torrential downpours caused significant flooding in southern regions of South Korea, killing at least four people.{{Cite web |title=Four killed as heavy rains pound South Korea |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/10/four-killed-as-heavy-rains-pound-south-korea |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
- In late July 2024, heavy rainfall struck northwestern North Korea, flooding about 4,100 homes with estimates by South Korean media of ~1,500 dead or missing due to flooding.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-04 |title=North Korea floods: Putin pledges aid after Kim Jong-un rebuffs Seoul’s offer of assistance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/04/north-korea-floods-putin-pledges-aid-after-kim-jong-un-rebuffs-seouls-offer-of-assistance |access-date=2024-08-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |date=2024-08-04 |title=North Korea floods: Putin pledges aid after Kim Jong-un rebuffs Seoul’s offer of assistance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/04/north-korea-floods-putin-pledges-aid-after-kim-jong-un-rebuffs-seouls-offer-of-assistance |access-date=2024-08-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
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