Heavy rains and floods have devastated swathes of North Korea, leaving hundreds of people homeless and severely damaging crops, reports say. The North's official news agency, KCNA, said at least 100,000 hectares (247,105 acres) of farmland had been washed away by the unusually strong monsoon rains. It said homes of more than 1,000 families were destroyed in July alone. Some five million North Koreans depend on foreign food aid, and famine has caused many to flee the country. | Just the human scum, mind you. |
"At least 100,000 hectares of paddy and non-paddy fields were submerged or washed away and dwelling houses for more than 1,000 families and public buildings destroyed," KCNA said. "It is hard to expect any harvest from the fields washed away and silted. Harvest in many fields is expected to drop 30%," the agency added. | If they are admitting that, it's much worse. |
It said hundreds of sections of roads and railways were destroyed and communications links affected, without providing any details on casualties. An estimated quarter of the North Korea's 22 million people depend on food aid from abroad to survive. |