After death of 46 people, activists say that despite the growing threat to South Koreans from climate change, little is being done to address its causes
Forty-six dead and four missing. Thirty-five injured. Sixteen thousand evacuated and 5,500 displaced. More than 1,000 public facilities and dozens of cultural heritage sites damaged. Hundreds of houses destroyed, 30,000 hectares of farmland damaged and 700,000 livestock killed.
As South Korea counts the cost of the devastating flash floods and landslides caused by the torrential rains that lashed the country last weekend, questions about responsibility – and response – are being raised.
