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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 10 sepTember 2019
NKorea mobilizes after typhoon as Tokyo gets hit by storm

By FOSTER KLUG cluding Kaesong, Pongsan,
Associated Press Jaeryong and Paechon, re-
PYONGYANG, North Korea moving toppled telephone
(AP) — North Korean state poles and steel towers and
media urged citizens on building emergency elec-
Monday to “fully mobilize” tricity networks to use until
to rebuild after powerful utilities are fully restored.
Typhoon Lingling lashed It said power plants were
the country over the week- also elevating their elec-
end, with workers rebuild- tricity production to sup-
ing electricity networks, port recovery efforts.
salvaging battered crops Workers and soldiers in ma-
and helping families whose jor farming areas such as
homes and property were South Hwanghae province
damaged. and South Pyongan prov-
Meanwhile, a separate ty- ince scrambled to drain
phoon that blew across the flooded fields and rice
Tokyo area Monday killed paddies and tend to fallen
one person and caused rice plants and corn, the
dozens of injuries while dis- newspaper said.
rupting rush-hour travel Officials were reported to
and knocking out power. be “actively pushing” proj-
Several railway and sub- ects to send medicine and
way operators suspended Beach houses are damaged as typhoon hits the beachfront area in Miura, south of Tokyo, Monday, other necessities to resi-
service, and flights were Sept. 9, 2019. dents in damaged areas
canceled at Tokyo airports Associated Press as well as textbooks, note-
as Typhoon Faxai passed Government spokesman He said some 900,000 pow- rain damaged hundreds of books and stationery to stu-
over Chiba, a northern Yoshihide Suga told report- er failures were also report- homes and dozens of pub- dents.
suburb of the Japanese ers that he had received a ed. lic buildings and caused Still, Rodong Sinmun add-
capital, before daybreak, report of one death and of Earlier, Typhoon Lingling problems for crops on ed that the damage was
shaking homes with strong damage caused by falling lashed the Korean Penin- 46,200 hectares (114,000 “smaller than expected.”
winds and battering the trees and wind-blown ob- sula, leaving five people acres) of farm land. The storm that hit Japan
area with rain. jects. dead in North Korea and Rodong Sinmun said of- disrupted morning com-
three dead in South Korea. ficials and workers were mutes and knocked over
North Korea’s official engaged in an “intense scaffolding, causing dam-
Rodong Sinmun newspa- struggle” to repair power age over a widespread
per said strong winds and systems in several towns, in- area.q

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, residents of local
hostels march with homemade weapons in Johannesburg.
Associated Press
South African attacks on foreign
shops continue; 12 dead

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME suspected to be foreigners
Associated Press were killed in the violence
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Sunday night and said
Two people have been that at least 640 people
killed in Johannesburg, po- have been arrested since
lice confirmed Monday, the violence erupted last
bringing to 12 the number week. The nationalities of
of deaths since violence those killed have not been
against foreign-owned announced but Nigerians,
shops erupted last month. Ethiopians, Congolese and
Bands of South Africans Zimbabweans have been
launched violent attacks attacked, according to
against foreign-owned local media. The attacks
shops and stalls, looting appear to be spreading
and burning the small busi- throughout Gauteng, the
nesses and attacking some country’s most populous
of the shopkeepers. Police province encompassing
spokesman Kay Makhubela the cities of Johannesburg
confirmed that two people and Pretoria. q