Flooding leaves thousands displaced in Myanmar

IANS

03 August, 2016, 19:15

Update: 03 August, 2016, 19:15

A flood-affected resident looks on from her house at a village in Mandalay on 3 August 2016. Floods from monsoon rains have claimed two lives in Myanmar’s Kachin state and displaced some 120,000 people in five regions across the country’s north and central areas, a Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement official said on 3 August. Photo: AFP

Nay Pyi Taw: Thousands of persons were affected by flooding in Myanmar’s Mandalay region, with many temporarily displaced from their homes, rescue officials said on Wednesday.

Rescue efforts continued to limit the damage caused after heavy rains raised the water level of the Irrawaddy River which had passed the danger mark, flooding 16 of 24 villages in Mandalay’s Amarapura township, Efe news reported.

‘Over 1,200 households and over 5,000 persons are already suffering from the floods. Medicine, food and aid are needed for their health,’ an official said.

Scores of people affected by the floods in Mandalay and elsewhere in the country have also been relocated to temporary accommodation.

According to data from the Department of Relief and Resettlement, nearly 1,00,000 persons across five regions and one state were relocated because of the flooding.