Updated at 11:00 KST (Aug. 6) to include comments made Thursday by South Korea’s unification minister on the North’s releasing water from a dam on the border.

North Korea issued an alert for potential flooding from Thursday to Friday for areas surrounding the Taedong River, the Ryesong River and Kumya Lake, the country’s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Wednesday.

According to the DPRK’s State Hydro-Meteorological Administration, an average of 150 to 300 millimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches) of precipitation is expected at the Taedong River basin from Wednesday to Thursday. This may result in the water level at the