Floods leave 88 dead ones in Korea of the North

Torrential rains generated by a summery typhoon left the week spent in Korea of the North at least 88 deads, 134 hurt and thousands of evacuated, informed the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo today.

More than 5.000 houses were destroyed or damaged, 12.000 flooded and near 63,000 people they lost its home in the floods registered between the 18 and the 24 of July, according to Chosun Ilbo, that mentions offered data the weekend by the state agency of Korea of Norte (KCNA).

This one made specific that the greater number of victims was registered in the counties of Sinyang and Songchon, in the centric province of Pyongan of the South - close of the capital, Pyongyang-, hard struck by the Khanun typhoon the days 23 and 24 of July.

The weather flooded or demolished about 300 buildings public, including ten educative centers of health and, in addition to 60 factories, and left 91,890 square meters of routes unsuitable.

KCNA, that foretold that torrential rains will continue, also indicated that earlier this week last the typhoon devastated 4,800 hectares of culture fields and it flooded 25,700 hectares of land.

Korea of the North it is seen seriously affected in torrential rains during the time of summer typhoons, whose effects worsen because of the deforestation, that causes great landslides, and the poor systems of drainage and control of swellings of the country.

30,000 people lost their houses in Korea of the North the summer of the year last due to the floods, that in 2007 were specially tragic when leaving dead hundreds of and disappear, and serious economic losses.

The damage caused by typhoons in the agricultural areas aggravates, in addition, the chronic situation of nourishing shortage of the communist country, that depends on the outer aid to the being incapable to produce sufficient foods for his around 24 million inhabitants.

China on the other hand it reported that rains that began Wednesday in their territory the past affected to 500,500 people in the city of Linjiang, border with Korea of the North, with floods in freeways, highways and desbordamientos of rivers.

At least 864 people they have had to be it relocateds, and the losses in the zone are considered in 13.7 million dollars, it indicated the agency Xinhua.

The announcement of the evaluation mission was done by Christopher de Bono End of
Translation, vocero del Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Niñez (UNICEF) para el este asiático y el Pacífico, quien puntualizó que tras la visita se tendrá una idea clara del tipo que ayuda que es necesario.