More than 5800 people have been evacuated in Mon State following heavy rainfall and flooding yesterday.
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Floods leave a path of destruction across Burma
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,…
3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing
“Floodwaters have swept away 23 houses and affected more than 10,000 people,” said Dr. Zaw Win, the regional minister of social affairs for Sagaing Division.
500 homes flooded after sluice gates ordered open in Magwe
Locals are calling for official assistance, as well as measures to prevent an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as dysentery.
Beasts of burden – Animals suffer in monsoon too
Four Paws International and Mingalar Myanmar say they have received an unwavering number of requests in the past four months for rescue assistance, emergency food provisions, and veterinary treatment.
100 families displaced by floods in Hmawbi
Although local authorities are managing assistance to the flood victims, they will soon have shortages of food and water.