Floods in Korea

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Korea has historically suffered several floods due to heavy rains, typhoons, and heavy snowfalls. Most of the flood damage was caused by storms and tsunamis caused by typhoons, and floods.

1980s

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  • 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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