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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]
Typhoon Lionrock, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Dindo, was a large, powerful, long-lived and erratic tropical cyclone which caused significant flooding and casualties in North Korea and Japan in late August 2016. It was the tenth named storm and was the third typhoon of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season. Damages recorded after the season ...
Flooding in North Korea killed 40 people. August 31 – September 15, 2016 – The remnants of Typhoon Lionrock hit North Korea, causing widespread flooding that led to the deaths of at least 525 people. This made Lionrock the deadliest typhoon to strike the Korean Peninsula since Typhoon Sarah 57 years prior. [36] [37] October 7, 2016 ...
South Korea: 1972 653 1972 Luzon flood: Philippines: 1972 610 2007 North Korean floods: North Korea: 2007 595 1999 Vietnamese floods: Vietnam: 1999 594 Hanoi and Red River Delta flood North Vietnam: 1971 540 1969 Tunisia flooding Tunisia: 1969 532 Cuzco, Huallaga, torrential rain, flooding, landslide Peru: 1982 517
North Korea: Joint Security Area: June 30: Briefly walked into the northern side of the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, accompanied by North Korean chairman Kim Jong Un, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to enter North Korea. 15 France: Biarritz: August 24–26: Attended the 45th G7 summit at the Hôtel du Palais ...
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Moody's analytics reportedly predicts the total economic cost could rival the $70 billion worth of damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.
In the year 2016, North Korea conducted two nuclear tests: one in January and the other in September. Additionally, the country conducted several missile tests. As consequence, the United Nations Security Council adopted three resolutions against North Korea. The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held in May.