Recovery underway in South Korea’s rain-hit capital area

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Cleanup and recovery efforts have accelerated in South Korea’s greater capital region. Skies cleared on Wednesday after two days of record-breaking rainfall that unleashed flash floods, damaged thousands of buildings and roads and killed at least 10 people. South Korea’s weather agency lifted heavy rain warnings for Seoul and neighboring metropolitan areas, but forecast 4 to 12 inches of rain in the country’s southern regions through Thursday. Seven people remained missing in Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi province following the heavy rains that swamped the region Monday and Tuesday. Streets turned into car-clogged rivers, sending floods cascading into subway stations and displacing more than 1,800 people from their homes.