Vehicles get partly submerged at a flooded parking lot during heavy rain in Seoul, South Korea on August 8, 2022. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)





People walk on a zebra crossing in flooded area during heavy rain in Seoul, South Korea on August 8, 2022. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)





Pedestrians walk past debris outside shops at the historic Namseong Market in the Gangnam district of Seoul on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





People walk on a damaged road near a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea's capital region, turning Seoul's streets into car-clogged rivers and sending floods cascading into subway stations.(Photo by Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP Photo)





Workers clear debris at the historic Namseong Market in the Gangnam district of Seoul on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A worker sweeps away water at the historic Namseong Market in the Gangnam district of Seoul on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Workers clear debris at the historic Namseong Market in the Gangnam district of Seoul on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A shack damaged by torrential rain of the previous day is seen at a shanty area in Seoul, South Korea on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)





A woman tries to save stock from her shop at the historic Namseong Market in the Gangnam district of Seoul on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A car damaged by flood water is seen on the street after heavy rainfall at Gangnam district in Seoul on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)





A general view of the Han River Park submerged by torrential rain at Han river in Seoul, South Korea on August 10, 2022. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Traffic jam is seen on a road as the Han River Park is submerged by torrential rain at Han river in Seoul, South Korea on August 10, 2022. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A giant Pikachu is paraded during the Formula E World Championship, on the Seoul street circuit, South Korea on August 11, 2022. (Photo by Julien Delfosse/DPPI/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Visitors pose for selfies as a young boy walks on the observation deck at the Lotte World Tower Seoul Sky in Seoul on August 12, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





People enjoy a tomato fight during a local tomato festival in Hoengseong County, South Korea, 15 August 2022. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





People watch a television screen showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on August 17, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, a South Korean military official said, as President Yoon Suk-yeol held a press conference to mark the 100th day since taking office. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)





Unification Church followers hold signs during a rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, August 18, 2022, protesting negative Japanese media coverage of their religion after the suspect in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe blamed the church for his family’s troubles. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





South Korean emergency services personnel wearing protective clothing participate in an anti-terror and anti-chemical terror drill on the sidelines of the joint South Korea-US Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military exercise, at a shopping mall in Seoul on August 23, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





A South Korean policeman takes part in an anti-terror drill as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Sejong, South Korea on August 23, 2022. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)