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South Korea monsoon death toll climbs as country braces for typhoon

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Yeoncheon, aUG 10 (EFE/EPA).- The unusually long monsoon season in South Korea has left 31 people dead and 11 missing in just over a week, with nearly 7,000 people displaced in the country, which was also bracing itself for the arrival of Typhoon Jangmi on Monday.The latest region to be hit hard by the monsoon has been the South Jeolla province in the southwest of the country.Storms that have affected the area since Friday have left 13 people dead and two missing.Heavy downpours have also caused dikes along the Seomjin river to collapse, leading to the flooding of over 2,500 homes and cutting off roads and railway lines. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)FOOTAGE SHOWS WATER GUSHING OUT OF THE FLOODGATES AT THE GUNNAM DAM IN YEONCHEON, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.

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