Top officials from the Russian Embassy in North Korea, including the Ambassador, have visited the country’s flood-stricken regions in the north, the embassy reported on its official website.

The trip to Musan County and Hoeryong City lasted from October 18 to 21, the embassy said, and was intended to lay out the future aid that is to arrive from Moscow.

“As a result (of the flood), 15,722 households are partially or completely damaged, approximately 40,000 citizens are left homeless, and 450 people are dead or missing,” the embassy said on Friday. “We sincerely wish our Korean friends a speedy recovery from the devastating