North Korea said Wednesday four more people have died from floods over the past few days and some 180 houses were destroyed or inundated, raising the death toll to six.
The country's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said one person is still missing after the heavy downpour, which was recorded as reaching as much as 518 millimeters in its southeastern province of Gangwon between July 9 and 16.
The agency had reported two deaths last week and over 760 people left homeless.
In a separate report, the KCNA claimed North Korea was being affected by global warming more than other countries, with heavier rainfall and unusual weather conditions such as typhoons, droughts and cold spells.
"The country's yearly average temperature was 8.5 degrees Celsius over the past five years, 0.3 degrees higher than the previous average," the report said. "The world's average temperature rose 0.084 degrees in the last 10 years, but in North Korea, it rose 0.2 degrees."
Storms have become stronger, and 2010 set a record as the second coldest winter since recordkeeping began, the report said. (Yonhap News)
