Myanmar floods: international help is on its way
- 9 years ago
More than a month of heavy monsoon rains and the tail-end of a cyclone have triggered some of the worst flash floods and landslides in living memory in Myanmar.
In flooded #Myanmar, government clears path for aid workers (Reuters) http://t.co/Ry592U8cBS #Floods pic.twitter.com/SaNCXSJBex— Pierre in Myanmar (pierre_peron) August 8, 2015
At least 99 people are known to have died so far. More than 900,000 have been affected.
Those with the means to move have been given shelter in schools and government buildings.
Those unwilling to leave their homes are living in houses inundated with water.
“We don’t have a boat so all we can do is sit here,” said one man living on a raised platform in his house. “There is no toilet, nothing is worse than that. We’re fine for water because a man came and gave us some and we can use it.”
MYANMAR FLOODS: Khalsa_Aid delivering 15000 water bottles to worst hit areas. #MyanmarFlood #Myanmar #burma pic.twitter.com/jwYobqDEQ6— ravin
In flooded #Myanmar, government clears path for aid workers (Reuters) http://t.co/Ry592U8cBS #Floods pic.twitter.com/SaNCXSJBex— Pierre in Myanmar (pierre_peron) August 8, 2015
At least 99 people are known to have died so far. More than 900,000 have been affected.
Those with the means to move have been given shelter in schools and government buildings.
Those unwilling to leave their homes are living in houses inundated with water.
“We don’t have a boat so all we can do is sit here,” said one man living on a raised platform in his house. “There is no toilet, nothing is worse than that. We’re fine for water because a man came and gave us some and we can use it.”
MYANMAR FLOODS: Khalsa_Aid delivering 15000 water bottles to worst hit areas. #MyanmarFlood #Myanmar #burma pic.twitter.com/jwYobqDEQ6— ravin