Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 in DPRK
- September 3, 2012
Typhoon Bolaven
caused severe damage to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK), leaving 48 people dead and 21,180 homeless, the official news
agency KCNA reported on Monday.
As of Sunday, it was confirmed that
Typhoon Bolaven, which swept the country last Tuesday and Wednesday with
strong wind and heavy rain, has destroyed 6,700 houses across the
country, the KCNA said.
The typhoon damaged at least 50,000
hectares of crops and 45,320 hectares of rice paddies. More than 16,730
trees fell down, 880 industrial and public buildings were ruined, and
tens of educational and medical service buildings were destroyed,
according to the KCNA.
Bolaven, the strongest storm to hit the
Korean Peninsula in almost a decade, left 25 people dead or missing and
222 homeless in South Korea, according to the state disaster authority.
http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2012-09/03/content_26421493.htm
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