올림픽 대로 곳곳 막히고... 남부 폭우로 사흘새 13명 숨지고 2명 실종…3천700명 터전 잃어<br /><br />Yet again, South Korea's capital has been seeing on-and-off heavy rain throughout the day.<br />This has caused some major road closures.<br />Our Kim Do-yeon is on the line with the latest.<br />Do-yeon, how are the roads at the moment and what's in the forecast weather-wise?<br />Devin, Seoul is seeing periodic heavy downpours, and the southern part of the country is seeing even more.<br />In the capital, it's at 10 to 30 millimeters, and it's going to keep raining throughout the night. As a result, some major roads are currently closed.<br />There are partial closures on the Olympic, Dongbu, and Naebu Expressways and the Northern Gangbyeon Expressways.<br />The city of Seoul said this is due to the release of an unusual amount backed-up water from the Paldang Dam, so the road closures are likely to continue.<br />In addition to flooding, the Korea Forest Service has issued warnings and advisories for landslides at 81 locations throughout the country.<br />They say due to the weakened ground, just a small bit of rain could cause landslides... so people near the mountains will need to take extra caution.<br />Do-yeon, these landslides and the flooding over the last week have caused a great deal of damage.<br />What's the latest on that front, and how are the authorities responding?<br />Devin, that's right, the casualties continue to rise.<br />There have been thirty deaths in total.<br />But in just the past three days, rain in the southern part of the country has led to 13 deaths with two people missing.<br />Nationwide, there are 42 people dead or missing since the first of the month.<br />The flooding has forced some 6,000 people out of their homes and inundated vast swathes of farmland.<br />Of the displaced people, around 4,000 are still not able to go back to their homes and are staying with family or at temporary shelters.<br />Fire departments across the country have saved and evacuated nearly 2,000 people.<br />As for property damage, the floods have affected more than 9-thousand public and private facilities.<br />That's all I have for you at the moment.<br />Back to you, Devin.<br />
