South Korea’s Death Toll From Destructive Rainstorm Grows to 40 as Workers Search for Survivors

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (4th L), looks around a flood damaged area in Yecheon, South Korea, on July 17, 2023. Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP

SEOUL, South Korea—Heavy downpours lashed South Korea for a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes, and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year.

At least 40 people have died, 34 others are injured and more than 10,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes since July 9, when heavy rain started pounding the country. The severest damage has been concentrated in South Korea’s central and southern regions.