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Burma’s government says past three years that the number of climate-induced disasters such as floods and cyclones has increased over the past three years.
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An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck central Burma on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings across the country and the region.
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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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Nearly 170 people were left homeless when a whirlwind struck Arakan State’s Minbya Township on Thursday.
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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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Residents of the capital Loikaw say that many are without water for the first time, as wells run dry in an area not usually prone to drought.
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No casualties and no major damage resulted from the earthquake that struck western Sagaing Division late Wednesday evening.
More than 600,000 people in Burma need food assistance due to natural disasters, violence and conflict, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
Families living on a roadside in Sagaing Division’s Kalewa Township after their riverbank houses were condemned say authorities have failed to provide them with alternative housing.
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.
President Thein Sein visited Chin State’s capital Hakha on Wednesday to pledge support for locals left homeless by recent floods and landslides.
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Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.
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Villagers across Irrawaddy Division are abandoning their homes in droves after warnings that floodwaters would remain well over danger levels in the days ahead.
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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.
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Cyclone Komen is expected to cross Chittagong, Bangladesh, into northwestern Burma on Thursday evening, bringing with it wind speeds of up to 80 miles per hour and torrential rain.
In the central Burmese township of Kawlin, volunteers are working around the clock to save villagers from swelling floodwaters.
Continuous heavy rain last week in Arakan State destroyed 170 acres of agricultural land, 550 houses, 5 schools, 5 monasteries and 47 bridges.
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At least five people have been killed as homes and bridges are washed away in the Arakan State town of Ann following fresh floods over the weekend.
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The Global Climate Risk Index 2015 lists Honduras as the country suffering most from the effects of extreme weather events in the 20-year period.
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DVB speaks to Sayadaw Nanujjota-Bhivamsa of the international Buddhist Meditation Centre (IBMC) near Kathmandu about the Nepalese earthquake.
Five residential areas of Tachilek, on the border between Shan State and northern Thailand, were devastated by floods on Wednesday evening. Heavy rains caused nearby mountain streams to overflow and sweep through low-lying towns.
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Each year, as Burma’s monsoon season reaches its peak, stories of inundated fields, homes and entire villages pour into the DVB newsroom. Poor drainage systems and a chronic lack of[…]
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One hundred and fifty people have been made homeless in Mingalardon Township, Rangoon, after a whirlwind swept through the neighbourhood on Monday morning.
Activists and locals in the Irrawaddy delta town of Labutta held a multi-faith prayer on Friday in commemoration of the Cyclone Nargis tragedy which ravaged the delta on this day in 2008, leaving up to 140,000 dead and some 2 million homeless.
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“Orphans of the Storm” is a documentary by Quicksilver Media that follows the plight of children orphaned by Cyclone Nargis, which struck six years ago today.
More than 150 homes in the area of popular tourist destination Inle Lake have been damaged or destroyed by a freak storm.
A powerful earthquake which hit Burma Sunday killed at least 13 people, injured dozens and sparked panic in the major central city of Mandalay, residents and aid workers said
Meteorological expert used as a scapegoat by the government after Cyclone Nargis to set up warning centre in Irrawaddy division
Nov 14, 2008 (DVB)-Landslides caused by heavy rains in northern Shan State’s Palaung tea growing region killed more than 10 people, at the end of October. Floods caused by continuous[…]
