Flooding may have shifted South Korean land mines

AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Ji-ho

South Korean army soldiers work Thursday to remove mud and debris after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Seoul, South Korea. Thousands of rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels Thursday to clear mud and search for survivors after huge landslides and flooding killed more than 40 people in South Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military warned Thursday that buried land mines may have slid down mountains eroded by flooding rains this week as the death toll from the torrential downpours rose to at least 57.

Massive rainfall since Tuesday has severely dis...