“말도 마소, 아파트 2층까지 산사태 흙…맨손으로 파묻힌 사람 구해”

At 4:42 a.m. on the morning of the 17th, a landslide hit a 6-story building in the Okpo-dong area of Gyeongju, South Gyeongsang Province, causing the death of a 62-year-old man named Seong-Jun Kim and injuries to two people. The man was overwhelmed by the sight of his neighbors being buried up to the second floor and the destruction of cars and buildings as the landslide buried itself into neighboring buildings.

The landslide covered 15 floors of a building with 384 households, forcing residents to evacuate in shock. Despite the efforts of rescue and search teams, the second and third floors of some buildings were covered in debris, with broken glass and debris everywhere. The area remained flooded with rain and mud throughout the morning, forcing residents to evacuate to nearby schools and other locations.