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    Rohingya refugees fear upcoming monsoon season
    March 10, 2018in Lead Story, News, Rohingya231by REUTERS
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    Rohingya refugees fear upcoming monsoon season

    Bangladesh is lashed by typhoons, and the Rohingya camps are clustered in a part of the country that records the highest rainfall.

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    Floods, landslides hit western Chin State
    September 20, 2017in Chin, Lead Story, News307by DVB
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    Floods, landslides hit western Chin State

    Several days of constant rains have caused rivers to burst their banks in western Chin State, with the townships of Falam and Kalay particularly affected.

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    Mandalay, Pakokku hit by floods; Irrawaddy River exceeds danger level
    August 24, 2017in Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News645by DVB
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    Mandalay, Pakokku hit by floods; Irrawaddy River exceeds danger level

    Flooding has driven thousands of people from their homes in Mandalay Division as seasonal monsoon rains wreak havoc on the region.

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    2 killed, 100,000 displaced by floods in Burma
    July 24, 2017in Lead Story, Magwe, News, Sagaing362by REUTERS
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    2 killed, 100,000 displaced by floods in Burma

    Water levels have risen steadily since unrelenting monsoon rain began in early July, driving some people to higher land or seek shelter in Buddhist monasteries, says official.

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    3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing
    July 12, 2017in Lead Story, News, Sagaing713by AUNG KO LATT / DVB
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    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.

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    Flooding subsides in Hpakant
    June 19, 2017in Kachin, Lead Story, News368by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Flooding subsides in Hpakant

    “A day before, the flooding has been about a metre to two metres in the streets,” said a local resident.

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