Flooding Victims Blame Government

Shortages of food, water and blankets slowed efforts to help thousands of people left homeless by deadly flooding in South Korea. Victims accused the government of being poorly prepared for the disaster. Three days of torrential rains have left at least 20 dead and 24 missing. Another powerful storm approached the Korean peninsula from the South Pacific. Many residents whose homes were flooded complained that the government had failed to raise embankments and take other preventive measures after similar flooding in 1998.