1. UNDAC/WHO TEAM MADE ITS FIRST FIELD TRIP TO HWANGHAE PROVINCE, SOUTH OF PYONGYANG, ON 31 SEPTEMBER. TEAM VISITED AREAS AROUND TOWNS OF SARIWON, UNPHA, AND RINSAN (IN CONNECTION WITH DAM BURST AT SANGWOL RESERVOIR WEST OF RINSAN).

2. ACCORDING TO UNCONFIRMED DATA PROVIDED BY PROVINCIAL GOVT, 150,000 PEOPLE WERE MADE HOMELESS IN HWANGHAE. 50,000 HA CROPS (300,000 TONS, OR ABOUT 6 MONTHS OF FOOD FOR PROVINCE'S POPULATION) DAMAGED. 12 SCHOOLS, 14 HOSPITALS, AND 50 CLINICS DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. 8 OUT OF PROVINCE'S

1. FROM 26 JULY TO 18 AUGUST 1995, TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSED FLOODS MAINLY IN NORTH PYONGAN, SOUTH PYONGAN AND KANGWON PROVINCES.

2. THE GOVERNMENT REPORTED THAT ABOUT 5.2 MILLION PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED IN 145 COUNTIES OF 12 PROVINCES BY HEAVY RAINFALL. ON AVERAGE 583 MM OF TORRENTIAL RAIN FELL CONTINOUSLY FROM 26 JULY TO 9 AUGUST AND IN SOME PARTS 600MM IN ONE OR TWO HOURS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.

3. DWELLINGS, AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK, THE SECTORS OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, TRANSPORT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS,