Updated at 18:15 KST on Aug. 14 to include comments from UNFPA regarding North Korean government’s request for U.N. assistance

At least 22 people are dead and at least four are missing in North Korea after two weeks of sustained heavy rains and flooding, an International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) representative told reporters on Aug. 14.

This marks the first confirmation of North Korean casualties from the storms and comes just one day after DPRK leader Kim Jong Un reportedly led a Politburo meeting that discussed widespread flood damage across the country.

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