North Korean workers hold a rally to support people in flood-hit areas. [Yonhap News Photo]
Hundreds of people have been killed or missing in massive floods that battered northeastern border towns along a river between China and North Korea two weeks ago, Pyongyang's state media reported Wednesday.
Torrential rains brought by Typhoon Lion Rock from August 29-September 2 have flooded widespread areas along the Tumen River that flows on the border between China and North Korea before entering the East Sea, according to the state-run Korean Central Broadcasting Station.
It was the worst flood in the region since the Korean peninsula was split at the end of World War II, leaving more than 68,900 people homeless and destroying about 11,600 houses, the station said.
Some 60 bridges as well as electricity and communication lines have been severely damaged, it said.
Workers and relief supplies were pouring into the flood-hit areas of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province, Pyongyang's official Rodong Sinmun reported Tuesday.
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