2016 North Korean floods
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2016 North Korean floods
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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
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2016-09-13T13:07:55Z
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2024-09-08T16:52:09Z
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