Seoul (EFE) about fifteen vehicles.
The Disaster and Emergency Countermeasures Command also reported this Sunday that around a dozen people remain missing and that almost 6,000 are in evacuation shelters in different parts of the country.
North Gyeongsang, the most affected province
The most affected province is North Gyeongsang, in the southeast of the country, where 17 people have died due to landslides and nine are missing.
In the city of Cheongju, some 100 kilometers south of the South Korean capital, the rise of a river on Saturday caused the sudden flooding of a tunnel that left fifteen vehicles trapped inside.
Six new corpses inside a bus
The firefighters reported today the discovery of six new corpses inside a bus that was in the passageway, which brings the number of fatalities due to the flooding of this 685-meter-long subway to seven at the moment.
It is anticipated that there may be more victims, as several people believed to be in the trapped vehicles remain missing.
The rains also keep 211 highways cut throughout South Korea and suspended most long-distance intercity train services, with the exception of some high-speed lines.
The alert is maintained in the center and south of the country due to the rains, which are believed to last at least until next Wednesday, July 19, while the maximum alert level for landslides is activated throughout the country.