Food aid reaches 140,000 hit by floods in North Korea - WFP


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Food aid has reached more than 140,000 people hit by recent floods in North Korea, but more is needed to help them through the country's upcoming severe winter, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.

The floods in the country's north were caused by heavy rainfall in late August and early September.

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