This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 252.

• Flood Magnitude 6.08
• from 20/07/2012 00:00 UTC to 06/08/2012 23:59 UTC
• 169 killed and 63000 displaced

Latest media headlines

Articles: 61 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

North Korea famine not imminent but flood impact not yet clear-UN
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:03:00 +0200   alertnet (en)

Thu, 9 Aug 2012 04:02 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters By Ben Blanchard BEIJING, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea is a long way from famine levels that [[killed]] hundreds of thousands in the 1990s but it won't be until late next month that a full assessment of food levels af t er recent floods is possible, a U.

People and organisations: Paul Tait  Kim Jong-un  United Nations  World Food Program  Kim Jong Il  Agriculture Ministry  Ben Blanchard 

North Korea famine not imminent but flood impact not yet clear: U.N.
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:47:00 +0200   thehimalayantimes (en)

BEIJING: Impoverished North Korea is a long way from famine levels that [[killed]] hundreds of thousands in the 1990s but it won't be until late next month that a full assessment of food levels after recent floods is possible, a U.N. official said on Thursday.

People and organisations: Agriculture Ministry  Kim Jong-un  United Nations  World Food Program  Kim Jong Il 

North Korea famine not imminent but flood impact not yet clear: U.N.
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:53:00 +0200   news-yahoo (en)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea is a long way from famine levels that [[killed]] hundreds of thousands in the 1990s but it won't be until late next month that a full assessment of food levels after recent floods is possible, a U.N. official said on Thursday.

People and organisations: Agriculture Ministry  Paul Tait  Kim Jong-un  United Nations  World Food Program  Kim Jong Il 

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