Like a scene from Parasite: Floods lay bare social disparity in South Korea

long with his wife and daughter had collected home appliances, furniture, books and even cutlery, and put them outside to see what was salvageable.

"I've got no money, nothing. But I had come here to live in this basement, as it was only option I had to live with my daughter," Mr Ha told Reuters. On Monday, three family members living in the neighbourhood, including a woman with developmental disabilities, drowned in their lower ground apartment.On Wednesday, Mr Yoon apologised for the tragedy and called for measures to improve housing safety to protect old, poor or disabled people and families, like Mr Ha's, whose homes were most vulnerable to flooding.

As the rain clouds moved southwards on Wednesday, the recovery effort kicked into high gear, at least in the better off districts. Mr Ha said it would take about 10 days to get his apartment back to the point where he would move back in.

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