2018 North Korean floods

{{Short description|28 August floods}}

{{update|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox flood

|image location=North Korea (orthographic projection).svg

|image name= Location of North Korea

| name = 2018 North Korean floods

| duration = 28 August 2018-??

| total damages (USD) =

| total fatalities = 76 killed, 75 missing

| injuries =

| areas affected = {{flag|North Korea}}

}}

The 2018 North Korean floods began on 28 August 2018, killing at least 76 people, leaving around 75 more missing, destroying more than 800 buildings, and causing about 10,700 people to become homeless.[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/flooding-kills-dozens-in-north-korea Flooding kills dozens in North Korea] It was in part caused by Tropical Storm Soulik.{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Hamish |date=2018-09-03 |title=Dozens dead, tens of thousands displaced by flooding in North Korea |url=https://www.nknews.org/2018/09/dozens-dead-tens-of-thousands-displaced-by-flooding-in-north-korea-un/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=NK News |language=en-US}}

The most affected area were the North and South Hwanghae provinces, where volunteers from the national Red Cross conducted search and rescue operations.[https://m.mid-day.com/articles/red-cross-severe-flooding-in-north-korea-kills-76/19779171 Red Cross: Severe flooding in North Korea kills 76] Landslides also occurred after the floods, and thousands of people were in need of health services, shelter, food, safe drinking water and sanitation.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-floods/flooding-kills-dozens-in-north-korea-thousands-left-homeless-red-cross-idUSKCN1LM1PW Flooding kills dozens in North Korea, thousands left homeless: Red Cross]