춘천 의암호서 경찰선 등 3척 전복…실종자 구조 작업 중<br /><br />A massive search is underway here in South Korea after one rescue worker was found dead and five remain missing when three boats overturned and were swept over a dam by surging floodwaters.<br />The capsize took place when two rescue boats tried to free a police boat stuck in wire by a dam near the city of Chuncheon, to the northeast of Seoul.<br />Arirang News' Kim Do-yeon leads our coverage tonight.<br />As the overturned boat floats down towards a dam... people are screaming that there are people onboard.<br />In Gangwon-do Province, three boats capsized Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and five missing.<br />Two others have been rescued as of 5 PM.<br />At around 11:30 AM, 500 meters upstream from Uiam Dam, a police boat started to sink after being caught on a wire while its crew were doing maintanence work on a man-made island.<br />People reported to be maintenance workers from the dam and another man... went to the rescue, taking two other boats, but all three boats ended up sinking.<br />One person was saved as the boats went down and another was rescued later, but one person's body was found 20 kilometers down river.<br />It's believed that they were swept away so fast because the nearby dam had been releasing water.<br />A search is underway, and as of 5 PM, it was reported that around 800 personnel had been sent with 7 helicopters.<br />But the search has been tough.<br />Rain has stopped in the area, but the discharge from the dam is causing the river to flow much faster than usual.<br />Plus, the rain has made the water murky.<br />In response, Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun ordered all efforts to be made to rescue the missing people, but he asked the rescue team to be safe as well.<br />Kim Do-yeon, Arirang News<br />
