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Seven dead in S Korea as flash floods trap 15 vehicles in tunnel

Rescue workers take part in a search and rescue operation near an underpass submerged by a flooded river in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023 [Kim Hong-ji/Reuters]

Rescue workers in South Korea have recovered seven bodies from a bus trapped in a flooded underground tunnel, according to media reports, as days of torrential rains caused widespread flooding, landslides and the overflow of a big dam.

Officials in the central town of Osong told the Yonhap news agency on Sunday that rescue workers recovered six more bodies from the 685-metre-long (2,247 feet) tunnel as they scrambled to reach several people who remained trapped.

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