2006 North Korean Floods
Flooding in North Korea in July 2006 caused extensive damage and loss of life, although reports differ about its extent. Death toll estimates * Hundreds killed and missing (government figures) * 151 killed, 29 missing (International Federation of Red Cross) * 154 killed, 127 missing (United Nations) * 549 people killed, 295 missing and 3,043 injured ( Choson Shinbo) * 54,700 killed or missing (South Korean aid group Good Friends) Overview A statement by the official Korean Central News Agency on August 3 described the events as "claiming huge human and material losses." '' Chosŏn Shinbo'', a newspaper published by a pro-North Korean association linked to the North, said in early August that the floods killed at least 549 people, left 295 others missing, and left 60,000 homeless. The South Korean aid group Good Friends estimates that the flooding left 58,000 people dead or missing and that some 1.5 million people may have been made homeless and in a rare move North Korea aske ...
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