‘My car is being swept away’: Man’s last phone call to wife in flood-hit South Korea province

A man walks holding an umbrella on a trail along the Hongje Stream following torrential rain that hit the region in Seoul on July 17.

SEOUL - A man in his 50s was found dead on the morning of July 17 inside a submerged vehicle in Seosan, South Korea’s South Chungcheong Province, hours after he called his wife to tell her that the car is being swept away in record-breaking torrential rain.

The victim and his car were discovered by the rescue authorities of the city at around 6.15am (5.15am, Singapore time). He was moved to the nearby Seosan Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.