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Burma left to count cost of flood disaster
Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.
DVB POLL: Should election go ahead in wake of flood disaster?
With 12 of the 14 regions in the country facing daunting cleanup efforts, and tens of thousands of people displaced, the upcoming general election has been pushed to the back of the national list of priorities. Or has it?
VIDEO: Help arrives in Burma’s disaster zones
Emergency flood relief aid was flown into Burma's disaster zones over the weekend, as Burma's president visited rural Sagaing Division where a state of emergency was declared after rains displaced tens of thousands of people.
DVB Debate: How would Burma manage another natural disaster?
On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept through southern Burma, killing 140,000 people. Seven years after the worst natural disaster in Burma's history, DVB Debate asks: 'How would Burma manage another natural disaster?'
Govt report blames drunk captain, crew, port authorities for Arakan ferry disaster
An investigation commission formed by the Arakan State government alleges “serious negligence” on the part of the ship’s crew and port authorities.
Commission to investigate Arakan ferry disaster
The Arakan regional parliament has formed a commission to investigate a ferry boat disaster off the coast of Myebon which cost dozens of lives on 13 March.
