On Saturday, local officials reported nine more deaths, majority from a boat that capsized in Kachin. “There are a number of far flung areas that we haven’t been able to reach”, Hla Saw, a senior member of the Arakan National Party, which represents Rakhine State, said.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited the flood hit area of Bago in Yangon, Myanmar on Monday.
Ko Ko Kyaw of the Myanmar Red Cross Society estimates the death toll is much higher.
A man uses a tree with his family as a temporary shelter in a flooded village at Kalay township at S …
“Almost all parts of the country were facing the flood”, he said. Farmland and houses have been damaged, and several roads and rail lines cut.
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Heavy rains are normal in monsoon season, but many people in Myanmar – also known as Burma – told the BBC that the rains were particularly strong in recent weeks. On Friday, he declared four areas of the country disaster zones, but only after he had come under a barrage of criticism in the press and on social media for failing to quickly mobilize relief.
