Yecheon-gun, South Korea

People sit inside their tent at a temporary shelter at a sports centre in Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do province. At least 40 people are dead and nine missing nationwide after flooding and landslides following heavy rains, according to the National Fire Agency. South Korea’s central and southern regions are bracing for another spell of torrential rains, the state weather agency said

Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA