Farmers Lead Story Natural Disasters News Uncategorized
Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.
A group which supports some among Burma’s 210,000 HIV/AIDs sufferers, says large scale displacement has made it impossible to find the patients.
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.
Waters have receded in many of the areas that were worst hit by deadly flooding and landslides that have now affected over one million people across Burma.
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Aid Arakan Environment Health Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News
Officials and aid workers warn that hundreds of communities face an acute shortage of clean water after floods contaminated ponds and wells.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News Rangoon
Seven people have died in Irrawaddy Division in the past two days, where high floodwaters and dangerous conditions have prompted warnings from local officials.
2015 Elections Lead Story Natural Disasters News Politics Polls
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?
DVB Debate Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video
A general election set for November could cap off five years of historic reform for Burma, but has disastrous flooding drowned Burma’s hopes for democracy?
Aid Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Unlike the callous indifference shown to suffering during Cyclone Nargis disaster in 2008, this time round the government and military led aid efforts.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News Travel & Tourism
Flooding and landslides have devastated 12 of 14 Burmese states and divisions, but tourism operators have reported that the industry has been largely unaffected.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Some one million people in Burma have been affected by recent floods, which cost the lives of nearly a hundred people, according to the government’s Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD).
Lead Story Natural resources News Video
Villagers across Irrawaddy Division are abandoning their homes in droves after warnings that floodwaters would remain well over danger levels in the days ahead.
Burma’s government has now put the death toll relating to torrential flooding at 55 in Arakan State, but local parliamentarian Pe Than said the final figure was likely to be higher.
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The Indian air force sends two cargo planes, while a Chinese convoy brings rice, noodles and medicine. The EU, Britain and USA all offer donations.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Water levels are rising in the Irrawaddy and Pathein rivers, leaving residents concerned that dikes will not be able to withstand the growing pressure as monsoonal floodwaters move south into the Irrawaddy delta from affected regions further north.
Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has appealed for international assistance for Burma’s flood disaster, in a video posted to her Facebook account.
Floodwaters are receding in parts of Arakan and Chin states, and Sagaing division, but river levels in the Irrawaddy delta have exceeded danger levels.
Four people were killed in a flash flood in eastern Shan State, where severe currents swept away local villagers and houses in the village of Kyaing Lat in Tachileik District.
The four, whose bodies were recovered on Wednesday, were as yet unnamed. Official sources said they were an older man, a mother and two children.
2015 Elections Lead Story Natural Disasters News Sagaing
Union Election Commission says those who lost ID cards should present themselves at local commission offices one week before polls open on 8 November.
Environment Lead Story News Video
The Burmese government believes that 69 have now been killed as floodwaters have swept 12 states and regions of the country over the past month.
Lead Story News Photos Sagaing
The Sagaing Division town of Kale, or Kalay, has been arguably the worst hit area by the floods, but water levels are now receding.
2015 Elections Lead Story Natural Disasters News Politics
The last date for Burma’s political parties to submit their candidate lists for the November general election has been extended to 14 August.
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“We are cooperating and inviting international assistance. We have started contacting possible donor organizations and countries,” said Ye Htut.
Arakan Burma Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The town of Mrauk-U in Arakan State has suffered the greatest impact from monsoonal flooding.
Aid Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Chin political parties urge President Thein Sein to order airlifts of emergency food aid to affected areas.
Aid Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Most of the casualties in Arakan were the result of boats capsizing or sinking on rivers. Some 130 rescue camps have been set up across the state.
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News Sagaing
Burma’s President Thein Sein has travelled to areas devastated by floods after a state of emergency was declared.
Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural Disasters News Sagaing Shan
A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that 40,000 people had been “seriously affected” and that the UN was ready to provide aid.
As many as one hundred and fifty towns in lower Sagaing Division have been inundated, impacting as many as ten thousand people.
