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Flood Reports: We have two ongoing flood-crises in Asia. Reports on both are below. Please keep praying for those involved.

North Korea:

Pakistan is not the only area affected by serious flooding these days. North east China and across the border in North Korea, extensive and devastating floods have affected multitudes.

In Dandong, China, around 100,000 were evacuated from the city and numbers have been killed though the authorities have not yet announced just how many. Properties were destroyed, indeed houses were seen floating down the river. Chinese authorities did a great job of saving the city from complete destruction and troops have been able to help with the clean-up work including the clearing of deep layers of mud now covering the insides of many homes and also with the work of disinfecting the streets.

Immediately across the border in Shinuiju, North Korea, reports from friends there say the city did not cope so well. Fields have been flooded, buildings partially destroyed with waters rising as high as the second floor of some properties. Again, NK military have been trying to help. One of their own helicopters has seen to be attending but then crashed.

More worryingly, it is thought that Sinuiji hosted one of the country’s major grain stores for relief food from abroad - and that this has also been destroyed. With winter approaching, things look bleak already.

The Nk authorities have not reported the number of deaths but have said that roads, homes and buildings as well as over 15,000 hectares of farmland have been submerged.

AsiaLink partners are already working hard to help in North Korea with these trying circumstances. There are open doors for service as a result of these repeat floods.

If you would like to give financially to some of this work, you can do so online or through our office. We are able to provide food, medicines and construction materials right into some of the worst affected areas. And thank you.

 

Pakistan:

Thank you for your prayers and financial support for this awful disaster. You will have heard and seen the magnitude of the suffering on the news but we would like to share reports direct from our partners working in the affected area.

This is a one of the churches preparing to go out to the devastated Sindhi region with aid. They took supplies for 20 Christian families who were then able to join the efforts and take food and clothing to many families.

One of the western workers who joined them reports…

Went to a village area in dangerous region and I would say they are forgotten. The water is gone in C area but nasty, smelly mud is there. In the villages the outside wall of the houses remains so it looks like there is no damage but when you walk through the gate there is nothing. Everything but the outside wall is gone. We will do food distribution and medical clinic there on Monday.

Crops are ruined all over the place. It too is deceptive. The tops of stuff are still green but the bottoms are dying or dead. Everyone in the village has scabies and even some of the team are getting it. The theory is that many, many graves collapsed and many tents are in the graveyards.

The government official said that village we went to is too dangerous to do medical clinic. When our leader told a group of men that had gathered about the warning they said they would take responsibility to protect the team even foreigners and even a female nurse.

It’s clear this local team is following God and seizing this moment where the normal social rules have changed a bit. We are driving now and there are 4 weary souls. We are probably smelly too. God protected us mightily.

Please pray:

• especially for the medical clinics.
• for the victims. For their comfort and provision.
• for the Church as they respond and help the many victims, that it will be a start of many miracles around these last frontiers
• for Christians going in from overseas. Pray for their protection and also for wisdom.

You can give now through our secure online donations page. Thank you so much for your concern. We will do all we can to provide reports as and when we receive them. Please be praying for the many affected.