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At least 10
people are dead and several missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide in a
mountain resort in northern South Korea.
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| Rescuers worked with diggers to clear the mud |
Hundreds of
rescuers have been sifting through rubble and mud to find survivors in
Chuncheon, about 100km (60 miles) east of Seoul.
Hotels,
restaurants and coffee shops were wrecked when the slide occurred just after
midnight (1500 GMT Tuesday).
More than
250mm (10in) of rain have fallen on Chuncheon in two days.
The ten
victims were reportedly college students doing volunteer work in the area, who
had all been staying in the same hotel.
"We
were asleep and suddenly heard a big sound, and then the ceiling fell
down," said fellow student Lee Beon-seok, who was also in the hotel.
"I
heard a weird sound like a train," the student was quoted as saying by
Reuters news agency.
"I
felt weird for hearing that train sound, but heard someone shouting 'Help me'.
So I went out to see, and I saw it was swept by landslide all over."
More heavy
rain was forecast for Wednesday.
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