Seoul: Fourteen people were killed and 12 others went missing, after five days of torrential rain battered South Korea, the interior ministry, said, today.

According to Nam News Network, fourteen fatalities were confirmed and 12 people remained unaccounted for, at 11:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), today.

The downpour, which began on Wednesday, forced 13,209 people to evacuate their homes across the country, with 3,836 staying in temporary shelters, as of this morning.