Monsoon flooding leaves homes submerged in Myanmar

Description: 

"People in Myanmar took refuge on their roofs on Sunday as water rushed through the ground level of their homes amid weekend flooding in Mon state's Ye township. Many villagers were evacuated to a relief camp to escape the floods following torrential rains. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that monsoon flooding had displaced more than 7,000 people last week in Mon state. A landslide buried more than a dozen village houses in Paung, houses and a school in other townships were washed away, roads were blocked and villages were submerged. Nearly 12,000 people were displaced in Myanmar last week alone, bringing the total number of those in evacuation centers to more than 38,000, the U.N. said..."

Source/publisher: 

"AP Archive"

Date of Publication: 

2019-08-16

Date of entry: 

2019-08-18

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Mon State

Language: 

Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)

Resource Type: 

video (1:46 minutes)