Seven people die in a parking lot flooded by a typhoon in South Korea

Rescue teams have reported this Wednesday the discovery of the bodies of seven people who drowned on Tuesday in an underground car park in the South Korean city of Pohang, which was flooding during the passage of typhoon Hinnamnor. In turn, they found in that same underground to two survivors, a 39-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman, who were rescued after spending more than 12 hours without being able to leave the parking lot and who are in relatively good condition, the Yonhap agency reported. These nine people had down early Tuesday morning to move their cars from the parking lot of their residential complex because it was flooding due to the heavy rains brought by the typhoon. Rescue teams continue to drain the parking lot, although they have indicated that, in principle, they do not expect to find more people who could have been trapped. Ten dead and two missingIn Pohang, a coastal city about 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, another died on Tuesday. A 66-year-old woman who also accessed the underground parking lot of her apartment block. In total, there are 10 dead and two missing left by Hinnamnor, the strongest typhoon to ever hit South Korea, as it passed through the southeast of the Asian country.Hinnamnor, which, in addition to torrential rain, caused winds of about 140 kilometers per hour, has left images of supermarkets, streets or parking lots -both underground and outdoor- completely flooded in Pohang and other major damage in cities such as Busan, the second in the country. Infrastructure challenges This once again highlights the infrastructure challenges facing the Asian country at a time when phenomena Extreme weather events seem to hit the Korean peninsula with increasing frequency due to climate change. In August, record-breaking rainfall flooded entire neighborhoods in central Seoul, killing 16 people, including drowning three members of the same family. in a semi-basement apartment.