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Rescue workers search for missing persons near a bus along a deluged road leading to an underground tunnel where some 15 cars were trapped in flood waters after heavy rains in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)
At least 35 people had been found dead and nine others missing over the past week in South Korea.
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Rescue workers search for missing persons near a bus along a deluged road leading to an underground tunnel where some 15 cars were trapped in flood waters after heavy rains in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)
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South Korean soldiers pump water out of a tunnel along a road leading to an underground tunnel where some 15 cars were trapped in flood waters after heavy rains in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)
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Rescue workers search for missing people on a submerged road leading to an underground tunnel in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. (Photo/VCG)
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Rescuers search along a road submerged by floodwaters leading to an underground tunnel in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. (Photo/VCG)