Myanmar floods kill 2, displace thousands

Flooding

across large parts of Myanmar has displaced more than 100,000 people, causing two deaths, while dramatic riverbank erosion has washed away a Buddhist pagoda, officials, residents and state media said yesterday.

“The situation is under control, but what happens now will depend on the weather,” Ko Ko Naing, director general of the ministry of social welfare, relief and resettlement, told journalists. “We are prepared to support the flood-hit areas because flooding happens every year.” (Reuters)