Myanmar's flooding death toll jumps to 74, state media reports

15/9/2024 12:44

        Myanmar's flooding death toll rose to 74 as of Friday evening, after heavy rains triggered widespread floods across the war-torn country.
        
        According to a state media report, search and rescue operations are ongoing, with at least 89 people missing as of Friday evening.
        
        Adverse weather brought on by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, has killed hundreds of people in Vietnam and Thailand, and flood waters from swollen rivers have inundated cities in both countries.
        
        The flooding in Myanmar began last Monday and at least 19 people had been killed by Friday morning.
        
        Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup in February 2021 and violence has engulfed large parts of the impoverished country.
        
        The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the storm's rains mainly affected the capital Naypyidaw, as well as the Mandalay, Magway, and Bago regions, along with eastern and southern Shan state, Mon, Kayah and Kayin states.