North Korea's Kim Jong Un ordered at least 30 government officials to be executed after the devastating floods over the summer that left many dead, South Korean media reports.

North Korea has executed up to 30 officials for failing to prevent flooding and landslides last month, according to South Korean television news outlet TV Chosun. The outlet quoted a government official as saying, "It has been determined that 20 to 30 cadres in the flood-stricken area were executed at the same time late last month."

North Korea executed multiple government officials after extensive flooding in late July killed thousands in the country’s northern region, according to a TV Chosun report.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered execution of Govt officials for their ‘failure’ to prevent the severe flooding, local media in Seoul reported. South Korean spy agency the National Intelligence Service said that it closely monitoring the situation after detecting signs of the executions,

In the wake of catastrophic floods in North Korea's Chagang Province and the Yalu River region, Kim Jong-Un has reportedly ordered the execution of at least 30 government officials. These officials were accused of corruption and failing to prevent the severe flooding and landslides that ravaged the country in July,

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has reportedly carried out the execution of 30 of his high-ranking officials—for the crime of not being able to stop the devastating floods that recently broke out in the country.