Multiple states and areas impacted in a nation currently plunged into crisis by the February 2021 coup.
Published On 17 Sep 2024
At least 236 individuals haveactually been verified dead after Typhoon Yagi triggered serious flooding in numerous areas of Myanmar.
Some 77 individuals stay missingouton, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday, mentioning authorities figures.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) suggested the toll might be even greater.
“Multiple sources suggest that hundreds of individuals have passedaway, with numerous more missingouton,” it stated in an upgrade on Monday, stating an estimated 631,000 individuals may haveactually been impacted by the floods.
Typhoon Yagi, one of the greatest storms to hit the area this year, swept throughout southern China, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar last week taking torrential rain. Hundreds have currently been validated dead in northern Vietnam.
In Myanmar, flooding hasactually impacted at least 9 areas and states consistingof the capital Naypyidaw, as well as the main Mandalay area as well as Kayah, Kayin and Shan States.
The flooding comes at a time when thousands haveactually been required from their homes by intensifying dispute inbetween the military and forces opposed to their February 2021 coup. At least 3 million individuals in Myanmar are approximated to haveactually been displaced by dispute, according