Analysis Tracking the damage: assessing North Korea’s flooding situationSatellite analysis reveals significant damage to infrastructure Imagery provided by Planet Labs has shown the extent of earlier reported flooding along the Tumen River, particularly extensive flooding of land around the Wonjong border crossing in the far northeast of the DPRK as well as near Hoeryong city. Though this region has not been hit as hard as Yonsa, Musan, or Hoeryong, there is still significant damage along the Tumen north of Rason. The North Korean government has reported as many as 44,000 people displaced in the northeastern part of the country. Wonjong/Quanhe area, 8/22/16, affected non-road infrastructure highlighted| Image credit: Planet Labs Wonjong/Quanhe area, 9/2/16 | Image© Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |