North Korea flood bath, 169 killed
Published by: Arslan Sharif
Published on: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 at 09:58 IST
Moscow: North Korea has been witnessing tragedy after severe floods have engulfed a large region, transforming it into a swamp. Up to 169 people have been killed in the natural calamity and 144 have been injured since July.Another 400 people have gone missing in the floods that hit four regions of the country and destroyed crops in an area of 65,000 hectares.
UN experts, who came to North Korea this week to estimate damages, consider that the country is likely to face hunger due to crops losses.
Under UN estimates, about two-thirds of the population in North Korea faces shortage of food and pure water.
The floods, caused by recent downpours and typhoons, also hit North Korean mining industry as water flooded tens of coal mines in two large coal deposits in the country's north. Coal production accounts for over 80 percent of North Korean fuel-energy balance.
North Korea's agricultural sector has been repeatedly hitting by floods and droughts from mid-1990s.
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