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Stage · Medium3 origins · 4 sourcesKorea09.04 20:30

South Korea Expands Special Disaster Zone to Cover All of Tongyeong After August Floods

President Lee Jae-myung on September 4 designated the entire city of Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, a special disaster zone over damage from heavy rains that hit the southern region from August 15-18, according to presidential office deputy spokesperson Kang Yu-jung.

Stage · Developing2 sourcesWorld09.04 12:41

500 Engineers in a WhatsApp Group Guide Nepal's Search for 900 Missing Workers

An Aug. 26 flash flood in Nepal buried hydropower tunnels at six plants, leaving roughly 900 workers reported missing, according to CNA and The Japan Times.

Stage · Developing+410 origins · 9 sourcesWorld08.27 14:46

Nepal-Tibet Floods: 160 Dead, Nearly 1,500 Missing After Glacier Collapse Mistaken for Quake

A chunk of glacier broke away at roughly 5,200 meters in the Himalayas on Wednesday, plunging about 1,200 meters onto the Lhende River and unleashing a flash flood that tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region, according to Al Jazeera and the Guardian.