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DPRK Hit by Downpour
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Pyongyang, July 3 (KCNA) -- Downpour swept through most parts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Tuesday, with more than 100 mm rainfalls registered in some areas. From 00:00 to 21:00, it rained 198 mm in Songwon County, 195 mm in Tongsin County, 175 mm in Sinuiju City and Phangyo County, 172 mm in Singye County, 170 mm in Jongju City, 164 mm in Unsan County, 162 mm in Uiju County and 161 mm in Kwaksan County. From 06:00 to 09:00, 97 mm rainfall was witnessed in Jongju City and Singye County, 88 mm in Ryongchon County, 85 mm in Kwaksan County, 82 mm in Hamju County, 80 mm in Sinuiju City, 75 mm in Tongsin County and 66 mm in Songwon County. Heavy rainfall was interwoven with wind of 10 odd meters per second in some areas in Nampho City and North and South Hwanghae and Phyongan provinces. The rainy storm caused 70 cm-high waves in the sea off Haeju City, Jamae and Sinmi islets and the West Sea Barrage. |
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