In photos: Deadly tunnel flooding, as it happened
Social affairsJul 16, 2023
Early Saturday morning, with rain showing no sign of abating, the Miho River, which runs west through Cheongju, North Gyeongsang Province, was transforming into a menacing force, with its current swelling to dangerous levels. A flood alert had been issued at around 4:10 a.m. By 6:30 a.m., the water level had breached the “critical level.” One of the banks near the Miho Bridge collapsed, causing water to pour into the nearby fields. Some 600 meters away, cars continued to pass th