Torrential rain, landslides batter Geoje, Tongyeong, killing 1. All residents ordered to evacuate

Geoje and Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, have been battered by torrential rain over the three-day Liberation Day holiday, with more than 700 millimeters of rain recorded in Geoje and authorities responding to reports of flooding, landslides and evacuations. An emergency disaster alert was sent to all Geoje residents at around 2:10 a.m. Monday, warning of the risk of landslides and river flooding and urging them to evacuate to safe areas. A landslide struck an apartment complex in Okpo-don