Seoul deals with heavy flood damage as torrential rain lessens

Debris piled up in front of flood-damaged stores at the Namsung Sagye Market in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 10, 2022. - Bloomberg

SEOUL (Reuters): Torrential rains that have slammed South Korea's capital, Seoul, diminished on Wednesday (Aug 10) after killing at least nine people and damaging about 2,800 homes and other buildings.

More rain was forecast for Wednesday, but less than the heavy downpours on Monday and Tuesday that submerged some streets and buildings, trapping people in flooded apartments and stranding cars.