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At least seven people were killed and six people missing after one of the heaviest rain storms in 80 years in Seoul dumped as much as 141 millimeters (5.5 ...

At least eight people were killed in Seoul on Monday after record downpours flooded homes, roads and subway stations in the South Korean capital, ...

As of Tuesday morning, authorities were still working to reopen the stations. The city recorded 141.5 millimeters (5.57 inches) of rain per hour -- the highest rate since authorities began keeping records. Heavy rain is expected to continue on Tuesday, with up to 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) of rain per hour in some regions, according to the country's Meteorology Administration.

At least eight people died in Seoul after torrential rain caused power outages, and left roads and subways submerged.

Torrential rain began on Monday morning and intensified through the evening hours. But concerns remain as torrential rain was forecast for the second day in a row. At least eight people were killed and seven others reported missing after some of the heaviest rainfall in decades drenched the greater Seoul region.

At least eight people have died after a record amount of rain fell over South Korea on Monday and Tuesday, including in the capital, Seoul, inundating city ...

Driving the news: It was some of the heaviest rainfall seen in decades and weather officials estimate that nearly 17 inches of rain fell in southern Seoul ...

What to watch: More heavy rain was expected Wednesday in Seoul, per the Korea Meteorological Administration. - As the climate warms in response to the burning of fossil fuels for energy, extreme precipitation events are becoming more common and intense. - At least nine other people were injured in the flooding and seven were reported missing, CNNreports.

The floods killed at least nine people and damaged about 2800 homes and other buildings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will preside over a meeting at 10 am on Wednesday to discuss damage and countermeasures against flooding. Most highways and subway lines had been cleared by Wednesday. In neighbouring Yangpyeong County, total rainfall hit 532.5 mm.

At least nine people killed and thousands of homes damaged after South Korean capital hit by heaviest rain in a century.

The authorities there had put in place ahead of these summer floods, special drainage to deal with the excess amount of water and they were very confident of being able to deal with these floods, able to handle up to 80mm of water per hour. The agency predicted that rainfall would gradually subside in many parts of the greater Seoul area and Gangwon province. Now that is an awful lot of water, clearly that is still not enough,” he said. “The clean-up operation is continuing across Seoul, and also in the surrounding province,” Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride said from the capital. Most highways and metro lines had been cleared by Wednesday. “After these unprecedented rains, streets, roads turned into rivers, vehicles were swept away and sadly, lives were lost.