The World Food Program (WFP) recently stated that it will provide emergency food assistance to 140,000 people affected by floods in northern North Korea.

According to a report by Kyodo News on September 14, WFP initially distributed a seven-day supply of nutritionally fortified biscuits and a 30-day supply of soybeans to 44,000 people. However, as the disaster expanded, WFP provided additional support to an additional 96,000 people.

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It is reported that although WFP estimates that there are about 140,000 victims, the damage situation in some areas cannot be confirmed, so the number may still rise further.

The report stated that the person in charge of WFP pointed out that "some villages were completely washed away, and some farmers lost all their property, such as livestock and vegetable fields." Because the flood occurred before the harvest period, WFP believed that continued food assistance was needed and estimated that emergency assistance costs of 1.2 million US dollars would be needed, with a total need of 21 million US dollars as of August 2017.

The heavy rains brought by this year's No. 10 Typhoon "Lion Rock" triggered the flood. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of the 12th, the North Korean government had confirmed that 133 people were dead and 395 people were missing.