[서울=AP/KNS뉴스통신] AP통신은 중부 지방에 쏟아진 폭우로 10명의 학생이 산사태로 사망한 것을 비롯하여 최소 36명의 사망자가 발생한 것으로 전했다.

산사태로 사망한 대학생들은 춘천에서 자원 봉사중이던 인하대학교 학생들로 알려졌다.

(영문기사 원문)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Walls of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students sleeping outside Seoul, and flash floods submerged streets and subway stations in the South Korean capital, killing at least 36 people.

The students were engulfed by a landslide Wednesday in Chuncheon, about 68 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Seoul, said fire marshal Byun In-soo. A married couple and a convenience store owner also died.

The roar of the landslide sounded like a massive explosion or a freight train, witnesses interviewed on television said. They described people screaming as buildings were carried away by rivers of mud.

About 670 firefighters, soldiers, police and others rushed to rescue those trapped and extract the dead 　from the mud and wreckage in Chuncheon, 　where 24 others were injured and several buildings destroyed.

Yonhap news agency reported the 10 students attended Inha University in Incheon, but did not confirm they all were South Korean. The 　group was volunteering at a local elementary school.

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