North Koreans in desperate need of food after floods
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
(CNN) -- The World Food Programme is stepping in to feed people in North Korea, where floods have ruined crops and left hundreds of thousands homeless, according to reports.
The United Nations declared the situation in North Korea an emergency Thursday after torrential rain soaked the country between July 18 and 29. Eighty-eight people have died, a U.N. report said, though national media put the toll at 169.
The floods also damaged wells and pumping stations, leaving about 50,000 families without clean drinking water, the U.N. report said.
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