More than 5 thousand people in South Korea have been transferred into shelters centers as heavy rain pounded parts of the country for a third day, with the deluge killing at least four people and destroying property and infrastructure.
The safety ministry said, torrential rain warnings remain in effect for most of the country's western and southern regions and the weather service has advised extreme caution against landslides and flooding through Saturday.
The safety ministry added that some parts in the south including the city of Gwangju were hit by record precipitation of more than 400 millimetres in the past 24 hours as of early on Friday.