Record Precipitation in Areas along River Taedong
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- Unprecedented heavy rains poured in the upper and middle areas along the River Taedong from August 7 to 11 in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The average precipitation in this period was 524 mm, 52 mm more than 472 mm in the period from August 25 to 29, 1967.
It rained in Pyongyang 378 mm and in Yangdok County 553 mm, 224 mm and 214 mm higher respectively than those 40 years ago.
In 1967, it rained more than 470 mm in the upper and middle areas along the River Taedong on an average. It flooded in Pyongyang, Tokchon and Sunchon Cities, Yangdok and Songchon Counties of South Phyongan Province and Sinphyong County of North Hwanghae Province.
Director of the Central Meteorological Institute Ryu Ki Ryol told KCNA that the average precipitation in the upper and middle areas along the River Taedong this time is largest ever in the history of meteorological observations.
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