Flash flooding continues to wreak havoc across Burma this week claiming three lives and leaving a path of destruction. Three people have been killed in the floods in Magwe Division,[…]
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A villager in Hpakant told DVB the death toll has risen to two as one of the patients at the hospital died.
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“Two of them survived but the other two are still missing. One of the survivors managed to grab hold of a tree root which saved his life.”
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“The crack appeared this morning along the road next to the village – it’s about 600 metres in length. If the rain doesn’t stop, it may trigger a landslide.”
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“They were tied to bamboo poles and tortured. And they were warned not to scavenge on a ‘Kachin’ site.”
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The Rangoon-Sittwe highway was cut by a landslide in Arakan State’s Ann Township, blocking hundreds of cars and trucks from passing on the important commercial thoroughfare.
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The warnings come after mining operations were suspended last October for several months following a mudslide that killed at least 28 people.
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Villagers in Kachin State’s remote Kawnglanghpu Township say they’ve had not access to outside areas since a major landslide hit on 18 February.
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Around 15 villages in Kachin State’s Hsawlaw Township are facing food shortages following landslides triggered by heavy rains on the weekend.
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Displaced residents of the landslide-rocked Chin State capital of Hakha took to the streets in protest on Tuesday, enraged over what that say is inadequate replacement housing.
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Hpakant miners are continuing to risk their lives to find precious stones less than a week after a nearby landslide killed more than a hundred people.
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Burma’s newly elected government reacts after a landslide swept over a mining encampment, resulting in a death toll expected to reach around 200 people.
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Hopes fade on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide hit near a jade mine in Kachin State.
91 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near a jade mine in Kachin State and an estimated 100 people are still missing, an official told DVB on Sunday.
The Karenni State government has ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Mawchi, following a deadly mudslide that claimed the lives of 28 locals.
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Twenty eight people have now been confirmed dead as a result of a disastrous landslide in eastern Burma on Sunday.
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After a day of uncertainty, Burma’s election commission announces that the country’s general election will go ahead as scheduled on 8 November.
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UEC Chairman Tin Aye has proposed postponing the 8 November election due to recent flooding and landslides across the country.
The family of a child killed when a tailing pond at a mine site collapsed will be paid compensation by the site operators, local sources said.
A child was killed and more injured when the embankment of a tailing pond at a tin mine collapsed, triggering a landslide in the Dawei area of southern Burma.
Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Celebrated Burmese weather expert Tun Lwin warns that the Kachin capital could be hit by flooding and landslides caused by melting Himalayan glaciers.
Aid Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Chin political parties urge President Thein Sein to order airlifts of emergency food aid to affected areas.
IN PICTURES: Heavy rainfall and flash floods have inundated many parts of the country.
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A collapse at a jade mine in Kachin State has buried an unknown number of people, though six were found alive.
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At least two people are dead and many more are still missing after a giant mound of soil collapsed in the Hpakant jade mines in Kachin State on Tuesday evening.
Karenni Lead Story Natural Disasters News
A landslide induced by continuous heavy rains has killed at least one man at a Karenni refugee camp in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand.
Bullet Points: today’s top stories from DVB.
Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
A family of five, including three children, were killed in a landslide triggered by a flood after several days of heavy rain in Kachin State.
Bullet Points: bringing you the day’s news for Monday 14 July.
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Two people, including a four-year-old child, were killed after part of a hillside in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.
