Over 100 feared dead in N. Korea floods

[ThsMchneKilsFascists]

© 2006 The Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — More than 100 people are dead or missing in North Korea due to floods and landslides, an aid group operating in the communist nation said Wednesday.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said heavy rains last week and this week had caused flash floods that totally or partially destroyed 11,524 houses, leaving more than 9,000 families homeless.

More than 100 people were dead or missing, the group said in a statement, without giving further details on casualties. The damage has cut off telephone connections, making collecting reliable information difficult, it said.

"A lot of people have been displaced, they are trying to find out who is actually missing," Jaap Timmer, head of the International Red Cross in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, told The Associated Press by telephone.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4056481.html


S. Korea has also had more than 25 deaths according to the article.

[babylonsister]

1. Wow! We're so consumed with what's happening

in our country, it's a wake-up when I hear about what's going on elsewhere.

[pitohui]

2. sick of the gee-dee storms

i don't wish a flood even on north korea

[Radioactive]

3. Yeah and like the World cares

Sad but true.

[outofbounds]

4. I wonder if China will lead the effort

to assist them with humanitarian aid and funding to help with rebuilding? I wish the majority of the damage to the rocket testing facility.