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Event:
TC Tropical Cyclone
Number:
2012-000159
Country:
PRK Korea, Democratic People's Republic
Location:
Date (YMD):
2012-8-28
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Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
Typhoon Bolaven hit the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea on 28 Aug 2012, worsening the extensive flooding caused by successive torrential rains and tropical storms since July. Preliminary information released by the government indicate that as of 3 Sep, at least 59 persons are dead, 5,766 houses have been destroyed or damaged and 2192 houses are submerged. Up to 52,299 hectares of crop land were submerged, buried or washed away, aggravating the food situation in the country.
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