Heavy rains have hit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for three consecutive days, raising concerns that the rainy season came earlier than last year and may cause floods.
The rainy season set in across the DPRK since Wednesday, coming two days earlier than the previous year, Ryu Ki Ryol, director of the Central Hydro-Meteorological Institute, told the official news agency KCNA on Friday.
In Kusong County, North Phyongan Province, precipitation measured 113 mm, Ryu said, forecasting more downpours in July, one month earlier than last year.
Meanwhile, the government has taken precautionary steps of repairing the destroyed gutters and ditches, and readjusting pumping stations to channel water out of urban areas in case of heavy rains, the KCNA said.
The food-fragile country has also launched a campaign to protect crops from floods and rainstorms in rural areas, the report said.
Floods hit the DPRK in August 2007, causing damage to agriculture and casualties.
Source: Xinhua
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