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.

• In 1987, floods caused by Typhoon Thelma killed 123 people and caused $272 million in damages.^[1]

• In 2002, Typhoon Rusa caused mass flooding across Korea.^[2]

• The 2011 Seoul floods killed 69 people and caused hundreds of millions of damage.^[3]
• The 2014 August series of floods killed at least 5 people.^[4]

• From late June to mid-August 2020, heavy rains fell intensively or locally across the Korean Peninsula, causing a lot of damage.^[5]
• On August 8, 2022, 100-300 mm of heavy rain per day fell in the metropolitan area.^[6]
• From early June through July 2023, heavy rainfall resulted in severe flooding and landslides, killing at least 41 people.^[7][8]
• In early July 2024, torrential downpours caused significant flooding in southern regions of South Korea, killing at least four people.^[9]
• 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.^[10][11]

• North Korea flooding (disambiguation)