South Korea and India are experiencing heavy rains and the number of victims continues to increase. Europe occupied the first day of the victims of the climate crisis
At least 35 people have died, but 20 people have been injured and dozens are missing in South Korea due to the heavy rains that lashed the country. In India, the monsoon has claimed at least 150 lives.
The Korean storm caused floods and landslides and forced nearly 8,000 people to flee their homes.
At least seven bodies have been recovered from a bus that was stuck in a tunnel about 700 meters high in Osung, on the west coast of South Korea.
In the tunnel there were still two more people dead, but with about 15 cars closed in that covered lane, searches continued for more victims.
Most of the confirmed deaths were recorded in the country’s southern Gyeongsang Province, where at least 17 people lost their lives due to landslides and building collapses.
The rains that began a week ago in South Korea blocked more than 200 roads and flooded more than 15,000 hectares of farmland, mostly rice fields, in an area equivalent to 21 soccer fields.
The monsoon season has also proven tragic in India, with at least 150 people dying in recent weeks in incidents related to the heavy rains that are common in the season.
The weather has eased a bit and the floods are starting to subside, but the rainy season is not over yet. Hundreds of victims last updated on Thursday and there will still be many more remote areas that have not been verified.
Greetings from Europe for the first time
In Europe, the heat wave was the talk of the town, but Saturday was also marked by the first European Union Day of Victims of the Global Climate Crisis.
This event was decided a month ago, in Strasbourg, and aims to honor “the victims of the global climate crisis in Europe, through the European External Action Service, at the global level, to raise awareness among interested parties and the public on concrete measures they can take to help prevent such occurrences.” these disasters and ensuring better preparedness for and better response to climate disasters.”
In connection with this first tribute, the Vice-President of the European Commission and Leader of the European Environmental Pact, Frans Timmermans, traveled to Chaudfontein, where four of the 43 victims in Belgium died in the 2021 floods, which claimed, in total, up to 243 people live throughout Europe, the majority (196) in Germany.
The Timmermans met with the families of the victims and helped lay a wreath at the bridge at Chaudfontaine in memory of those who lost their lives in the rough waters.
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