A new UN report released this week said that 10 million North Koreans need urgent food assistance, citing climate-related challenges the country faced last year.

According to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019, “dry weather persisted throughout the first half of 2019 in the country after two consecutive years of dry conditions and irregular weather patterns.”

“On average, only 56.3 mm of rain fell in the country from January to March 2019, which is the lowest on record since 1917,” it said. “About 10 million people urgently require food assistance.”