The number of people who have died or are missing due to heavy rains that have been pounding the nation the past week has risen to 50.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, as of 6 a.m. Tuesday, 41 people had died, nine were missing and 35 were injured due to the persistent downpours that began on July 9.

It marks the largest number of deaths and missing persons since 2011, when it reached 78.

Most of the deaths came in North Gyeongsang and Chungcheong provinces, with 27 dead or missing and 17 injured in North Gyeongsang caused by landslides.

In North Chungcheong, the death toll came to 17, including 14 from a flooded underpass in the city of Cheongju, while South Chungcheong and Sejong City also reported deaths.

In about 120 cities, counties and districts, over 12-thousand people from eight-thousand households were evacuated to temporary shelters.

Roughly 320 houses, six fishing vessels and some 60 vehicles have suffered water damage while over 900 public facilities, including roads and bridges, have been washed away or destroyed.

Some 26-thousand-900 hectares of farmland have been devastated by the heavy rain and around 579-thousand livestock, including cows, chickens and pigs, have died.