North Korea Flooding (other)

	North Korea Flooding (other) North Korea flooding may refer to: * Floods during the North Korean famine (1994-1998) * 2006 North Korean floods * 2007 North Korean floods * 2012 North Korean floods * 2016 North Korean floods * 2018 North Korean floods * 2020 Korean floods Between June and August 2020, floods severely impacted large areas of both North and South Korea due to heavy rains of the regional rainy season, primarily in the far southern parts of the Korean Peninsula. These floods are closely related ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	North Korean Famine The North Korean Famine (), also known as the Arduous March or the March of Suffering (), was a period of mass starvation together with a general economic crisis from 1994 to 1998 in North Korea. During this time there was an increase in defection from North Korea which peaked towards the end of the famine period. The famine stemmed from a variety of factors. Economic mismanagement and the loss of Soviet support caused food production and imports to decline rapidly. A series of floods and droughts exacerbated the crisis. The North Korean government and its centrally planned system proved too inflexible to effectively curtail the disaster. North Korea attempted to obtain aid and commercial opportunities, but failed to receive initial attention. Estimates of the death toll vary widely. Out of a total population of approximately 22 million, somewhere between 240,000 and 3,500,000 North Koreans died from starvation or hunger-related illnesses, with the deaths peaking in 1997.No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2007 North Korean Floods Flooding in North Korea in August 2007 caused extensive damage and loss of life. The flooding affected most of the southern half of the country including the capital and some of its most productive agricultural regions. Aid officials feared the loss of crop land could seriously hinder the North's ability to feed its people, causing widespread famine. History On August 15, 2007, North Korea announced it had been hit extremely hard by floods after a solid week of torrential rains, and that it desperately needed assistance from the outside world. The previous year, the country also experienced massive flooding when torrential rains in July left hundreds if not thousands dead. The difference is this time Pyongyang reacted quickly to the disaster, requesting help while the waters were still high, rather than keeping silent as long as possible, as it has done in the past. Television footage from North Korea showed citizens in Pyongyang wading in knee- and waist-deep waters along the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2012 North Korean Floods The 2012 North Korean floods began in mid-July 2012 when Tropical Storm Khanun affected parts of the country, killing at least 88 people and leaving more than 62,000 people homeless. Torrential rains on 29 and 30 July 2012 worsened the situation, causing additional damage and casualties and forcing the government to request international assistance. Severe rainfall also affected the southern region of North Korea in August, killing at least six. Tropical Storm Khanun Khanun made landfall in South Korea on 19 July and weakened as it moved over North Korea before dissipating over China. The government on 29 July increased the number of fatalities as a result of flooding caused by Khanun from 8 to 88, with an additional 134 injured. The biggest loss of human life was in two counties of South Pyongan province. At least 62,900 were made homeless by the flooding, while more than 30,000 hectares of land for growing crops were submerged and will add to growing fears of another loomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2016 North Korean Floods The 2016 North Korean floods began in late-August 2016 as a consequence of Typhoon Lionrock, killing at least 525 people, destroying more than 35,000 homes, and leaving over 100,000 people homeless, mainly in the North Hamgyong Province. The floods occurred when the Tumen River, near the borders with China and Russia, broke its banks, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Red Cross. A UN official in North Korea said the scale of the disaster was "beyond anything experienced by local officials". According to a statement published on 11 September 2016, by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's official state media, the country's northeast has been affected by the "heaviest downpour" since 1945, with "tens of thousands" of buildings destroyed and people left homeless and "suffering from great hardship". Typhoon Lionrock Lionrock merged with a low-pressure system and resulted in very heavy rains over a three-day per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2018 North Korean Floods The 2018 North Korean floods began on 28 August 2018, killing at least 76 people, leaving around 75 more missing, destroying more than 800 buildings, and causing about 10,700 people to become homeless. The most affected area were the North and South Hwanghae provinces, where volunteers from the national Red Cross conducted search and rescue operations. Landslides also occurred after the floods, and thousands of people were in need of health services, shelter, food, safe drinking water and sanitation. See also * 2006 North Korean floods * 2007 North Korean floods * 2012 North Korean floods * 2016 North Korean floods * 2017 Pacific typhoon season References {{reflist, 30em North Korean Floods A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrolog ... North Korean floods Floods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]