Monsoon triggers landslides, flash floods in Myanmar
MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar: Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains
Several parts of Myanmar’s southern Mon state are facing since the weekend with no relief in sight, according to a report in the state-run Global New Light
Rains triggered a landslide that damaged the hilltop Kyeik Than Lan pagoda, whose golden stupa towers over state capital
AFP correspondents on Monday saw workers helping to relocate Buddha statues and novice monks helping clean up debris at the religious site after a wedge
Bo Win, a resident helping were sheltering in several sites
state that I have ever seen,” said
south of Mawlamyine were evacuated to a government school after dozens of homes and bridges were submerged, while a monastery was destroyed across the river from
So far no casualties have been reported in the state, but rains continue to pound swathes of
Last week five people were killed after monsoon rains triggered a landslide in Mogok, a northern Myanmar town famed
Myanmar is one of several countries in the region to face it topped a global list compiled by climate scientists of nations
- displaced hundreds of thousands
lashed vast stretches of Myan