Geoje Landslide Kills 1 After 400mm Overnight Rain as 124.5mm Hour Sets City Record
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 17
Geoje Landslide Kills 1 After 400mm Overnight Rain as 124.5mm Hour Sets City Record
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 17
Summary
Rescuers pulled three people from a Geoje apartment building after a landslide buried its first floor Monday morning; one later died and two were injured.
Geoje logged 124.5 mm of rain in one hour — its highest since records began in 1972 — and more than 400 mm from Sunday into Monday, flooding streets and submerging cars.
City authorities closed some tourist sites and suspended bus services and household waste collection as roads were flooded or damaged; residents had already been urged Sunday to avoid driving and evacuate if needed.
The disaster adds to a broader regional deluge: back-to-back storms have triggered flooding and landslides across East and Southeast Asia, while forecasters say a strong El Niño could make this typhoon season unusually intense.