Mudslides in SKorea kill 36

WALLS of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students sleeping in a resort cabin as flash floods submerged the streets and subway stations in Seoul, killing at least 36 people in South Korea.

The students were engulfed by a landslide in Chuncheon, 110km north-east of Seoul. A married couple and a convenience store owner also died.

Witnesses said the landslide sounded like a massive explosion or a freight train. They described people screaming as buildings were carried away by rivers of mud.