NORTH KOREAN FLOODS LEAVE
400 MISSING, 212000 HOMELESS
400 MISSING, 212000 HOMELESS
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- Floods which hit parts of North Korea in recent weeks
killed 169 people and left 400 missing, the state news agency said
Saturday, sharply updating earlier casualty figures. It said the floods
and torrential rain between late June and the end of July also made
212,200 people homeless and washed away or inundated 65,280 hectares
(161,310 acres) of cropland. United Nations agencies have visited the
worst-hit areas to assess aid needs and the World Food Programme (WFP)
is sending an initial shipment of emergency food aid. The country
suffered a famine in the 1990s that killed hundreds of thousands and
still struggles to feed its people even in normal times. UN agencies
estimated last autumn that three million people would need food aid this
year even before this summer's deluge. More than 8,600 houses were
destroyed and another 43,770 swamped, and more than 1,400 schools,
hospitals and factories collapsed, the news agency said. Official media
had previously reported 119 deaths, with 84,000 people made homeless and
45,370 hectares of farmland damaged.
The WFP said its initial assistance would provide victims with an initial ration of 400 grams (14 ounces) of maize a day for 14 days, after the UN assessment mission found considerable damage to maize, soybean and rice fields. Immediate food aid is needed for residents of the worst-hit counties, such as Anju and Songchon in South Pyongan province and Chonnae in Kangwon province. It also stressed that tens of thousands of families urgently need clean drinking water to prevent disease. Wells had been contaminated by overflowing latrines, creating a high risk of a diarrhoea outbreak, while floods had damaged water sources and pumping stations. The UN mission said about 50,000 families would need purification tablets or other help to secure clean water. The UN children's fund UNICEF has ordered 10 million tablets and drugs and IV fluids were also badly needed. The assessment mission said a hospital in Chonnae county had already seen a fourfold rise in diarrhoea cases. Outdated and inefficient agricultural practices, along with a shortage of fertiliser have contributed to the annual food shortages.
North
Korea said 400 people were missing and about 212,000 were left homeless
following heavy rains and floods that lasted through July. The floods
killed 169 people and injured 144, while destroying more than 8,600
houses and submerging 43,770 residential buildings. Widespread
deforestation, partly to clear land for crops, has made the impoverished
nation increasingly prone to serious flooding which ends up washing
away the harvest. Conditioned life in the material world is actually
extremely fearful, therefore every living entity should take shelter of
the Lord by all means.The WFP said its initial assistance would provide victims with an initial ration of 400 grams (14 ounces) of maize a day for 14 days, after the UN assessment mission found considerable damage to maize, soybean and rice fields. Immediate food aid is needed for residents of the worst-hit counties, such as Anju and Songchon in South Pyongan province and Chonnae in Kangwon province. It also stressed that tens of thousands of families urgently need clean drinking water to prevent disease. Wells had been contaminated by overflowing latrines, creating a high risk of a diarrhoea outbreak, while floods had damaged water sources and pumping stations. The UN mission said about 50,000 families would need purification tablets or other help to secure clean water. The UN children's fund UNICEF has ordered 10 million tablets and drugs and IV fluids were also badly needed. The assessment mission said a hospital in Chonnae county had already seen a fourfold rise in diarrhoea cases. Outdated and inefficient agricultural practices, along with a shortage of fertiliser have contributed to the annual food shortages.
WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
Through
parental care, through remedies for different kinds of disease, and
through means of protection on the water, in the air and on land, there
is always an endeavor for relief from various kinds of suffering in the
material world, but none of them are guaranteed measures for protection.
... In this material world, everyone is trying to counteract the
onslaught of material nature, but everyone is ultimately fully
controlled by material nature. Therefore even though so-called
philosophers and scientists try to surmount the onslaught of material
nature, they have not been able to do so. Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita
(13.9) that the real sufferings of the material world are four -
janma-mrityu jara-vyadhi (birth, death, old age and disease). In the
history of the world, no one has been successful in conquering these
miseries imposed by material nature. prakriteh kriyamanani gunaih
karmani sarvasah [Bg. 3.27]. Nature (prakriti) is so strong that no one
can overcome her stringent laws.
Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda :
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam - Canto 7: “The Science of God”
Chapter 9: “Prahlāda Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers”
Verse 19 - Bhaktivedanta VedaBase
Published by dasavatara das - "Vedic Views on World News"
http://www.vedicviews-worldnews.blogspot.com.ar/
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