
Merchants and soldiers sort through items damaged due to the record heavy rainfall this week in the Seoul metro region at Namseong Sagye Market in Dongjak District, southern Seoul, Wednesday. The downpours pounded the capital city and the country's central region, submerging and stranding vehicles on roads, flooding homes in low-lying areas and causing hundreds of people to evacuate to local schools and gyms. Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han