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    Locals flee extreme floods in Hpakant
    August 25, 2014in Environment, Lead Story, Natural resources, News1by DVB
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    Locals flee extreme floods in Hpakant

    Most neighbourhoods in Hpakant, a jade-mining town in Burma’s northern Kachin State, have been evacuated following days of heavy rain.

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    Pegu locals return home as flood levels subside
    August 19, 2014in Lead Story, News, Pegu Division2by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Pegu locals return home as flood levels subside

    As water levels in Pegu Division slowly subside, more than 10,000 locals are returning home from relief centres. Schools in the area began reopening on Monday.

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    Heavy rain, flooding predicted for coastal areas
    July 23, 2014in Environment, Lead Story, News0by DVB
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    Heavy rain, flooding predicted for coastal areas

    Many areas in lower Burma, including Rangoon, will experience heavy rains and flooding in the week ahead due to the seasonal monsoon, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

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    Rain dampens relief efforts as fighting continues in northern Burma
    June 20, 2014in Kachin, Lead Story, News, Refugees194by MYO ZAW LINN / DVB
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    Rain dampens relief efforts as fighting continues in northern Burma

    Refugees are in dire need of adequate shelter in particular, said the Action Times Foundation, as continuing battles are waged between the government and rebel groups.

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    May 7, 2014in Environment, Lead Story, News, Video484by REUTERS
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    Fresh drinking water for drought-ridden Dala

    Residents from drought-ridden Dala Township receive clean drinking water, which was piped across the river from downtown Rangoon.

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    Magwe rice paddies destroyed by floodwaters
    November 7, 2013in Environment, Lead Story, News13by KHIN MIN ZAW
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    Magwe rice paddies destroyed by floodwaters

    More than 2,000 acres of rice paddies have been destroyed by storms and heavy rains which submerged farmlands in Magwe division’s Pwintbyu township during the last week of October.

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