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UN visits North Korea after heavy rain, floods

Posted on 7/31/2012 by

The Associated Press

ANJU, North Korea — U.N. staff visited storm-pounded counties in North Korea on Tuesday, after two days of heavy rain submerged buildings, cut off power, flooded rice paddies and forced people and their livestock to climb onto rooftops for safety.



In this July 30, 2012 photo, a man walks over a damaged bridge after heavy rain in Onchon County, North Korea. The rain Sunday and Monday followed downpours earlier this month that killed nearly 90 people and

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