A North Korean citizen uses a smartphone to photograph a disaster area in Sinuiju along the Yalu River on Aug. 16, following floods in late July.

Heavy rains from Typhoon Gaemi in late July caused severe flooding in the country’s northwest, submerging many buildings and infrastructure, including over 4,100 homes and nearly 3,000 hectares of farmlands in Sinuiju and Uiju near the Chinese border.