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2 Dead, 2 Missing after Torrential Rains Hit Gapyeong

Written: 2025-07-20 13:29:50Updated: 2025-07-20 14:11:55

2 Dead, 2 Missing after Torrential Rains Hit Gapyeong

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Two people were killed and two others remain missing in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, after heavy rainfall battered the area early Sunday.

According to the Northern Gyeonggi Provincial Police on Sunday, a landslide occurred around 4:40 a.m. in Gapyeong County, destroying three houses and burying four residents.

Three of the four people were rescued, but a woman in her 70s was found dead.

Earlier, at 4:21 a.m., a vehicle carrying three passengers was swept away by floodwaters, leaving one person dead, one missing and the third rescued.

Separately, a missing person report was filed around 5 a.m., and eight additional individuals are currently unreachable.

The Gapyeong area experienced intense rainfall of 76 millimeters per hour around 3:30 a.m., with a cumulative total of 197-point-five millimeters recorded as of 9:30 a.m.

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