NKorea: Typhoon-fueled floods killed 88 this month
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North Korea says that heavy rain caused by a typhoon has killed nearly 90 people, destroyed thousands of homes and submerged a large amount of farmland.
Seoul-based analyst Kwon Tae-jin says the flooding is expected to worsen North Korea's chronic food shortage because it comes soon after a severe drought.
The official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that rains over the past month killed 88 people and left more than 60,000 homeless.
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It says about 4,800 hectares (11,860 acres) of cropland were washed away and 25,700 hectares (63,500 acres) submerged.
The United Nations said last month that two-thirds of North Korea's 24 million people face chronic food shortages.