Prolonged monsoonal rain in N. Korea causing massive damage to agriculture

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북한도 18일째 끝없는 장마…"경고수위 초과, 방출량 많아진다"

North Korea is also being slammed by a long monsoon season as well,... with the North seeing more than two weeks straight of heavy rain.
According to the regime's weather agency,... from August 1st to the 5th,... Pyongang County saw 733 millimeters of rain,... causing flooding and damage to farmland in the area.
The North's state-run Korea Central News Agency also reported that Taedong River,... a major river that runs through Pyeongyang is at risk of flooding.
North Korea is expected to see an average of 150 to 300 millimeters of rain around the river over the course of the day.