Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Over 3,000 local villagers returned home on Wednesday after a storm warning issued earlier in the week was lifted by the government’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Nearly 170 people were left homeless when a whirlwind struck Arakan State’s Minbya Township on Thursday.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The Pinlaung Palace — and at least a thousand other buildings across north-central Burma — suffered major damage during Sunday’s stormy weather.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Extreme weather conditions over the past week affected nearly 60,000 people, according to government figures.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
At least eight people were killed and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed by strong winds and hailstorms over the weekend.
Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural Disasters News
Around 60 homes in Shwebontha village had their roofs blow off, while the Buddhist monastery and local schools were also damaged, a local resident told DVB.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
Over 400 fishermen swept into the sea last week by a storm in the Bay of Bengal have been rescued by a team led by the Burmese navy.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News
A depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm, however it is not moving towards the Burmese coastline, the DMH says.
Environment Lead Story News Video
One hundred and fifty people have been made homeless in Mingalardon Township, Rangoon, after a whirlwind swept through the neighbourhood on Monday morning.
Electricity poles, trees, billboards and rooftops were just some of the victims of strong winds and rain that swept through Rangoon.
Strong winds destroyed about 100 houses belonging to resettled villagers in the Pinlaung area of southern Shan State, about 100km northeast of Burma’s capital Naypyidaw.
Displaced residents start to pack up to return home after they were evacuated due to Cyclone Mahasen.
Authorities are struggling to evacuate tens of thousands of people from low-lying camps before Cyclone Mahasen reaches the coast.
Majority of fisherman caught in Gulf of Martaban storm return but hundreds feared dead as damage is estimated at nearly $7 million
Warning to goes out to fishermen off Burma’s southern coast as heavy winds threaten to worsen an already fragile situation
Heavy wind, rain and hail batters three townships in Rangoon as more than 100 households are forced to evacuate their homes
Aug 07, 2007 (DVB)
