NORTH KOREA - 'Hundreds dead' in N Korea floods

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Friday, 21 July 2006,

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'Hundreds dead' in N Korea floods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hundreds are dead or missing in North Korea after days of heavy rain,

according to state media.

Torrential rain has swept through the Korean Peninsula in recent

days, causing flooding and landslides both sides of the border.

This is the first confirmation from Pyongyang that the

severe weather has led to human casualties.

On Wednesday, state news agency KCNA said flooding had caused

" tremendous " economic losses.

The Red Cross said in a statement on the same day that 100

people were dead or missing and entire villages had been swept away.

Damage to agriculture

" This heavy rain left hundreds of people dead or missing in

many parts of the country, " KCNA said in its latest statement, although

it did not give specific figures.

Tens of thousands of houses have been destroyed and

infrastructure such as roads and bridges has been badly hit, the agency said.

 

The worst damage was in central and eastern parts of the

country. In South Pyongan Province, about 6,200

houses and 490 public buildings were damaged and large tracts of agricultural

land under water, KCNA said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5202482.stm

 

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