North Korea is taking a bizarre approach to deal with the flooding that has ravaged the northern edge of the reclusive nation and left 133 people dead and 395 missing.

The dictatorship’s propaganda arm says a 200-day “loyalty campaign” to cheer chubby despot Kim Jong Un is shifting gears to deal with the disaster.

Now, all citizens have been ordered to help flood victims recover -- and rebuild.

And in another typically weird initiative, the “art agitation squad” has also been dispatched to the scene of the disaster.

The squad includes an opera troupe and the National Circus and their mission is to cheer up the victims and relief workers.

Tens of thousands of residents are now homeless and starving as another bitter winter fast approaches.

The mayhem was created by Typhoon Lionrock which struck the coast last week. As a result, the nation’s crumbling infrastructure has been overcome by the disaster.

North Korea claimed the typhoon resulted from the worst case of downpours and high winds since the 1940s.

"This is certainly worse than flooding we have seen in recent years and the picture is still unfolding," Patrick Fuller of the Red Cross told the Associated Press. "Now, 100,000 people have been displaced from their homes so the challenges of providing shelter for those people in the short and long term are going to be immense."

Officials in the stricken area said they are in a race against the clock to build shelters for the homeless as snow is expected to begin falling within weeks.

— With files from the Associated Press