DPRK Hit by Heavy Rain
KCNA
Pyongyang, August 25 (KCNA) -- Different areas of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were hit by a heavy rain.
According to a report from the Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee under the Cabinet, the most seriously damaged areas are Pyongyang, Phyongsong City and Phyongwon County of South Phyongan Province and Hwangju, Singye and Suan counties of North Hwanghae Province.
From 9 p.m. on Friday to 9 a.m. on Saturday, it rained 114 millimeters in Pyongyang so that some roads were submerged and over 110 millimeters, 265 millimeters at maximum, in various areas of South Phyongan and North Hwanghae provinces to inundate farmlands. Dwelling houses were swept away by landslides.
A rehabilitation work is underway in the flood-damaged areas.
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