Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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 ...
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 ...
2016 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2016. [15] It was an above average season and the most active since 2012, producing a total of 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The first storm, Hurricane Alex, developed on January 12, while the final system ...
Pages in category "2016 disasters in North Korea" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2016 North Korean ...
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.
The 2016 Pacific typhoon season is considered to have been the fourth-latest start for a Pacific typhoon season since reliable records began. It was the second consecutive season to have above average tropical cyclone activity that produced a total of 26 named storms, 13 typhoons, and 6 super typhoons.
Disasters and accidents A gas explosion at a subway construction site near the South Korean capital Seoul kills four workers and injures ten more. (Yonhap) EgyptAir Flight 804 A French naval vessel detects a possible signal from the missing black box of EgyptAir Flight 804. (CNN) (The New York Times) 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire Residents return to Fort McMurray for the first time since May 1 ...