Recent torrential rain and a typhoon in the DPRK have killed 119 people and made more than 84,000 homeless.

The KCNA news agency said on Wednesday that downpours swept through the country's east and west coastal areas, leaving 31 people dead and 16 missing. This was on top of the damage from about a week of heavy rainfall and floods earlier in July, which led to 88 deaths and left thousands left homeless. It is feared that the rains and typhoon that led to floods in many parts of the country will deal a severe blow to its already serious food shortages.

A United Nations inter-agency team was already deployed to the two hardest-hit areas to assess the damage from recent floods with a view to developing an aid plan.