2020 Korea floods

2020 Korean floods
DateJune 2020 – August 16, 2020
LocationKorean Peninsula, especially southern South Korea
Deaths30 (As of 9 August 2020[1])
Property damage9,491 houses were damaged.
9,317 hectare of farmland were submerged.
(As of 9 August 2020[1])

Between June and August 2020, floods severely impacted large areas of both North and South Korea due to heavy rains of the regional rainy season, primarily in the far southern parts of the Korean Peninsula. These floods are closely related to ones across China and in Kyushu, Japan. As of 9 August 2020, 30 people have died in South Korea as a result.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "9일째 이어진 폭우, 사상자 속출…30명 숨지고 12명 실종" [9th day of heavy rain, 30 dead and 12 missing]. JoongAng Ilbo. 9 August 2020.