.svg) Location of North Korea | |
| Date | August 2016 – September 2016 |
|---|---|
| Location |  North Korea |
| Deaths | 525+ killed 144 injured 100,000+ homeless[1][2] |
The 2016 North Korean floods began in late-August 2016 as a consequence of Typhoon Lionrock, killing at least 525 people, destroying more than 35,000 homes, and leaving over 100,000 people homeless, mainly in the North Hamgyong Province. The floods occurred when the Tumen River, near the borders with China and Russia, broke its banks, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Red Cross.[3]
A UN official in North Korea said the scale of the disaster was "beyond anything experienced by local officials".
According to a statement published on 11 September 2016, by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's official state media, the country's northeast has been affected by the "heaviest downpour" since 1945, with "tens of thousands" of buildings destroyed and people left homeless and "suffering from great hardship".[4]
- ^ "Global Catastrophe Recap October 2016" (PDF). Aon Benfield. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ "North Korea floods: Tens of thousands displaced". BBC News. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "North Korea flooding kills 133, displaces 107,000: U.N." Reuters. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "North Korea makes rare public appeal for flood relief". CNN. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.