China's Red Cross has sent $100,000 in cash to North Korea as part of its humanitarian aid for North Korean victims of last month's floods, China's state media said Wednesday.

Two major floods caused by heavy rainfall killed 89 people and left 10 people missing in North Korea last month, the International Federation of the Red Cross said earlier this month.

In a brief dispatch from Pyongyang, the state-run Xinhua news agency said the Chinese Red Cross donated $100,000 to North Korea's Red Cross.

The report cited the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang and officials at the Chinese Red Cross were not immediately available for comments.

The IFRC said North Korea was hit by two rounds of major flooding on Aug. 1-5 and on Aug. 22-23.

"In two different major floods, the country received more than half of its annual average rainfall (321 mm), causing widespread damage and loss of life, property and belongings," it said.

"The floods affected 6,473 families, or approximately 22,656 people, claimed 89 lives, and 10 people are reported missing in more than 25 affected cities/counties," it said. (Yonhap)