Rep. of Korea: Floods - Aug 1998 Updates

According to WMO(*) Annual Statement on the Global Climate Geneva, Thursday, 17 December -- The earth's global temperature in 1998 will be the highest since 1860, according to the World...

Information Bulletin N=B0 5 (final) The Disaster Late in August, it stopped raining in the southern provinces of the Republic of Korea, which had been suffering from torrential downpours since the...

Over 3 000 deaths in Asia have been attributed to La Niña-provoked flooding since persistent rains began throughout the region in late June. Bangladesh and China have been hit the hardest - at least...

FAO GLOBAL INFORMATION AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW From late June onwards, persistent rains, attributed to the La Niña phenomenon, and consequent flooding have taken a...

The Disaster After devastating upper areas of the country, the torrential rains took a swift turn back to the south. The Meteorological Administration issued a rain warning for Cholla and Kyungsang...

South Korea's unification ministry said on Monday North Korea might be exaggerating recent flood damage to secure international food aid and in case this year's harvest was a failure. The unification...

South Korea's "guerrilla rains" returned on Friday, bringing rainfall of up to 180 mm (7.2 inches) in some areas and wreaking more havoc, officials said. "The rains are expected to fall from late on...

South Korea's "guerrilla rains" returned on Friday, dumping up to 180 mm (7.2 inches) and wreaking more havoc across flood-ravaged areas, officials said. Weather forecasters said a break in the...

More than 4,300 South Korean Red Cross staff and volunteers are helping the victims of the floods that hit Seoul and the northern province of Kyung-gi on 5 August. The disaster, caused by an 11 hour...

More than 4,300 South Korean Red Cross staff and volunteers are helping the victims of the floods that hit Seoul and the northern province of Kyung-gi on 5 August. The disaster, caused by an 11 hour...

The Disaster The heavy floods that have been ravaging the Republic of Korea since late July are continuing. A weather front that passed through the central region last week hit North Chungchong and...

Heavy rain has once again pelted central and southeastern South Korea today, leaving at least one more dead in a landslide and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground. The latest death brought the...

More rain was on the way for South Korea, as the death toll after some of the country's heaviest rains on record mounted to 246 with 80 others missing and feared dead, officials said on Tuesday. A...

Heavy rains threathening South Korea eased late on Tuesday after devastating floods killed 247 people with 80 others missing and feared dead, officials said on Tuesday. The Korea Meteorological...

The South Korean government has put to work half a million people including 100-thousand soldiers to clear up debris and pick through wreckage for possible survivors of a deluge which has killed at...

By Nick Yon SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Heavy rains returned to South Korea on Monday, hampering search and recovery work after some of the worst flooding on record had left 234 people dead and 91...

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 98/0267 Republic of Korea - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2 10 August 1998 General situation 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Seoul informs that, according to the...

As South Korea battles its worst flooding in 78 years, the country's central bank has warned South Korea's economy will shrink a further 6 per cent this year - far more than predicted by the...

In South Korea ... rescue operations around the capital, Seoul, have resumed today after a week of devastating floods and landslides which left more than 330 dead or missing. Rescuers are searching...

Heavy storms in central South Korea have caused renewed flooding as officials say the worst rains to hit the capital, Seoul, in nearly 80 years begin to ease. However, at least two Han River...