2011 Seoul Floods, South Korea

On July 27, a landslide buried three hotels in Chuncheon, east of Seoul, killing 13 people from Inha University. A landslide in Umyeon-dong killed 18 residents in an apartment block. Floodwaters innundated highways and tracks of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, while bridges over the Han River were closed off. Damages are likely to be in the hundreds of millions USD. Motor vehicle damages reached $38 million on July 29. Close to 978 ha (2,420 acres) of agricultural land and more than 10,000 homes were flooded.
• Economic damage
Rail infrastructure in South Korea was impacted, while a South Korean investment analyst expected economic inflation to reach 4.6%.