More than 226 die in Myanmar floods, landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi
At least 226 people have been killed in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, state media reported on Monday. Remote areas reported increasing numbers of missing people, although information has been limited by downed phone and internet lines and damaged roads.
The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, as the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could be in need of help.
Floods and landslides have killed more than 500 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which hit the region last weekend, according to official figures.
However, with roads and bridges damaged in Myanmar and phone and internet lines down, information has been limited.
One man told AFP how he had tried to rescue people with ropes as floodwaters four metres (15 feet) high surged through the hill town of Kalaw in Shan state on September 10.
"The current was very strong and even some buildings were destroyed," he said, describing pieces of furniture being washed through the streets.
"I could see trapped families in the distance standing on the roofs of their houses," said the man, who works for a local non-governmental group.
(AFP)
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