Two people died in South Korea due to heavy rains.

Two people died and about 1,000 residents were evacuated as a result of heavy rains that hit South Korea. This was reported on July 17 by the Yonhap news agency.

"As the rain front showed signs of moving north, the government disaster management authorities declared the second highest alert level in Chuncheon Province and the southern part of Gyeonggi Province," the publication says.

It is noted that in the area most affected by the natural disaster, Sosan in South Chuncheon province, up to 344 mm of precipitation fell.

"In the city of Osan, 52 kilometers south of Seoul, a retaining wall collapsed on a moving vehicle, killing the driver. In Sosan, a man with cardiac arrest was found inside a flooded car on the road, he was taken to the nearest hospital, but he died," the newspaper adds.

Heavy rains are expected to continue in the country until Saturday.

The New York subway was flooded on July 15 due to heavy rains. It is noted that heavy rains hit the northeast of the United States on Monday evening and affected a number of areas of the city, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency and difficulties in the operation of the subway.