Historic flooding has crippled North Korea’s most remote counties, killing at least 133 people and leaving at least 100,000 people homeless after a devastating typhoon ripped through the already isolated nation, according to U.N. officials. The storm’s aftermath forced the power-hungry country to ask for water, medicine and food — anything to help the estimated 150,000 people impacted by Typhoon Lionrock, all while facing international backlash for unleashing its fifth and most powerful nuclear test yet Friday. It’s unclear which nations will heed Pyongyang’s call for help, especially after South Korea announced that their northern neighbor could launch its sixth nuclear weapons test at any moment. During a tour of the damage last week, the government said nearly a foot of rain in late August prompted the Tumen River to flood northern provinces bordering China and Russia. North Korean state-run media said the typhoon sparked the worst single case of downpours and high winds since 1945, though that claim couldn’t be verified. North Korean officials led representatives with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs through the worst of the damage, releasing sobering data that said more than half of the 35,500 damaged homes had been destroyed, nearly… Read full this story
- Why is North Korea firing missiles while the rest of the world is fighting coronavirus?
- North Korea Will Launch First Missile of 2018 Soon, U.S. Reports Say
- North Korea test-fires what could be new kind of longer-range missile
- Nuclear bomb tests helped determine the ages of whale sharks for the first time
- North Korea Could Be Using Fertilizer Plants to Make More Nuclear Material, Report Shows
- North Korea's defiant rocket launch tests Barack Obama's nuclear resolve
- North Korea halts nuclear and missile tests ahead of planned Trump summit
- World leaders condemn North Korea over missile launches
- North Korea fires barrage of missiles from ground and air
- Risk of war with North Korea grows each day, says Trump's security adviser
North Korea appeals for international aid after deadly floods despite angering world with latest nuclear weapons test have 316 words, post on www.nydailynews.com at September 12, 2016. This is cached page on Vietnam Dance. If you want remove this page, please contact us.