At least 77 people were killed, most of them in the southwest of the country, where the victims drowned or were electrocuted by downed power lines.
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol issued the warning at his first meeting with the top military commanders since he took office in May.
The testing was said to be needed because multiple Covid infections found this week had been linked to a karaoke lounge that had been visited by residents from several districts.
The prime minister says the country's financial legal advisers are working on a debt sustainability report amid the additional challenges of bankruptcy.
The average June temperature across the country hit the highest since 1961 while seasonal flooding was battering several regions.
About 50,000 residents in New South Wales, bulk in Sydney's western suburbs, ordered to leave homes, up from Monday's 30,000, officials say.
"We thank Austria (for hosting the normalisation talks), but why shouldn't the next meetings be held in Türkiye or Armenia?" Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu questions.
Beijing reacted after NASA chief Bill Nelson raised concerns over China's "landing on the moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out'."
The state prosecutor said that at least 18 people were killed and 243 others wounded during last week's unrest in the autonomous Karakalpakstan region after protests erupted over planned constitutional changes affecting the territory's status.
Residents in Anhui province are only permitted to leave their homes if they are getting tested as the region reports 287 new infections.
"We have seen rivers rise fast, a lot quicker than expected," says Ashley Sullivan, a senior emergency agency official, adding about 32,000 people are under evacuation orders or warnings in New South Wales.
Thousands of demonstrators rally in Tbilisi, demanding government quit over its failure to secure candidacy for European Union membership.
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