![Cars are submerged in floodwater in Buk District, Gwangju, on July 17. [YONHAP] Cars are submerged in floodwater in Buk District, Gwangju, on July 17. [YONHAP]](/data/photo/editor/2025/07/17/0743be8e-57fc-4e9a-a9ce-05fd776494c3.jpg)
Record rains cause fatalities as closures wreak havoc
Korea was battered by record-breaking rains on Thursday that flooded cities, collapsed roads, shut down schools and brought train networks to a halt, leaving at least two people dead and inducing the highest-level emergency response.