Seven people have died after becoming trapped in an underground car park in South Korea during floods caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor.
They were killed by the torrents after returning to prevent their cars becoming submerged by the water.
Rescuers say two people, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 50s, survived by clinging to ceiling pipes for more than 12 hours.
The tragedy takes the death toll to ten with thousands of people displaced in the area after the cyclonic winds.
One person died in Pohang after being swept away by floodwaters, officials announced. Another, a man, died in the nearby city of Gyeongju.
The parking lot, under a residential complex in the country’s southeastern port city of Pohang, suddenly became flooded last night.
According to news site Yonhap, all nine people were residents of an apartment building.
President Yoon Suk-yeol said he had a “sleepless night” as he watched the news of people trapped in the parking lot in Pohang.
Rescue workers are continuing to search for any remaining victims, but suggest it is now unlikely more survivors will be found.
Officials closed schools and cancelled flights while some businesses suspended operations in the wake of its arrival.
Officials said the typhoon left South Korea off the coast of Ulsan on Tuesday, but it left a a trail of destruction.
The storm hit with wind speeds equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane, reports suggest.
Almost 3,000 people have now been evacuated with 66,000 homes experienced power outages.
Destroying trees and roads, the typhoon is one of the nation’s strongest storms on record.
North Korea is also bracing for the storm, with leader Kim Jong Un holding a two-day disaster prevention meeting.
Hinnamnor is expected to travel towards the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
Hinnamnor is South Korea’s 11th typhoon already this year.
Nine people were killed and thousands of homes damaged after the city of Seoul was submerged in record-breaking floods last month.
