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North Korea has sent a desperate message to the world begging for humanitarian help after spending all its own money on nuclear weapons

Kim Jong Un reportedly spent a billion pounds on the massive weapon program that there is no money left in the bank to help his own people.

Recovery work is underway after devastating floods ripped through homes and destroyed railway tracks in the secretive country's northern Hamgyong Province.

The state-run television channel KRT aired video and said the worst "climatic phenomenon" in more than 70 years has hit the northern part of the country causing "huge losses".

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State media reported heavy rain in late August and early September caused extensive damage near the Tumen river.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report on Monday flooding from heavy rain in North Korea has killed 133 people in its northeast while 395 are missing.

More than 35,500 homes were damaged, two-thirds of them completely destroyed, and 107,000 people had been displaced by the floods.

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The death toll and the number of missing people were based on North Korean government data, the UN agency said.

News of the natural disaster came as North Korea looked even more isolated from its neighbours and the wider world after its fifth nuclear test on September 9.

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Mirror Online reported that North Korea hosted an eerie mass rally to celebrate the country's successful nuclear test.

The strange demonstration took place in the centre of the secretive state 's capital Pyongyang.