seoul south korea heavy rain with thunder and lightning has battered south koreas central areas for two straight days causing damage injuries and deaths nine people have died and six more have been reported missing in the heavy rain in the last two days according to south koreas central disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters a family of three living in a semibasement apartment died when their home flooded in gwanakgu seoul officials said the heaviest rainfall since south korea began tracking precipitation has flooded subway stations and submerged roads and homes people walk on a zebra crossing in flooded area during heavy rain in seoul south korea aug 8 2022 yonhap news agencyreuters korea meteorological administration said the rainfall was a result of a strong collision between dry cold air coming from the north and hot humid air from the south thousands of vehicles were submerged in seoul on monday night forcing drivers to abandon their cars on the flooded road to get home muddy water brimmed over the river onto the streets and into the vehicles public sewers overflowed not being able to hold the amount of rain that poured fast and hard a vehicle sits damaged on a road after floating in heavy rainfall in seoul south korea on aug 9 2022 ahn youngjoonap it rained 140 millimeters 55 inches monday night in the dongjak district seoul in just one hour seoul citys annual precipitation is 1400 millimeters 55 inches which means that in just one hour onetenth of seoul citys yearly rainfall poured in just one part of the city in a very short period lee youngjoo professor of fire prevention science at the university of seoul told abc news initially the agency said 10 had died but later confirmed one death was due to illness not the flooding hundreds of people living in mountainous areas in seoul were evacuated to prevent damage from landslides monday night civil service workers relocated residents living in lowerlevel homes and near mountains to temporary shelters the heavy rain that poured after 6 pm monday was especially harsh on people commuting from work to their homes when i got off work water was up to my knees and children were struggling to wade through the flooded water seoul citizen dongug yoon told abc news about his difficult commute home the subway station was full of dirt the shopkeeper of the underground convenience store was visibly emotional trying to hold off the water gushing from the station stairs into her store a woman using an umbrella takes photographs of a road that was flooded after torrential rain at a traditional market in seoul south korea on aug 9 2022 kim hongjireuters gangnam district well known for its posh streets and office buildings was hit aggressively by the rain due to its topographical traits the gangnam subway station area is known to be 30 feet lower than the neighboring subway stations making it more vulnerable to heavy rain and flood cars and