SEOUL: North Korea was on high alert as Typhoon Bavi made landfall early on Thursday (Aug 27), dumping heavy rains and uprooting trees after ...
A woman shelters from the sun beneath an umbrella as she walks past the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang on Aug 19, 2020. SEOUL: North Korea was on high alert as Typhoon Bavi made landfall early on Thursday , dumping heavy rains and uprooting trees after skirting the coast of South Korea overnight causing some reported damage.
Martyn Williams of 38 North, a website that monitors North Korea, said it was exceptional that North Korean TV routinely interrupted movies to report storm updates. South Korean Meteorological Administration said the typhoon made landfall about 50 km southwest of the North's capital Pyongyang on Thursday morning.KCTV showed a rising Taedong River in Pyongyang, after a pre-recorded video of farmers working on rice paddies.
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