Torrential rains in northwestern Myanmar’s flood-hit Sagaing Division this week have left 100 villages under water, with over 600 homes submerged in Sagaing’s Khandi township alone RFA reported on 3 September.
No help has been provided so far to flood victims by authorities, a local resident told RFA’s Myanmar Service on Thursday.
Flooding and landslides caused by annual monsoon rains and the tail end of Cyclone Komen in July have affected nearly 1.3 million people in Myanmar, killing more than 100, with Sagaing and other local areas declared disaster zones on July 31.
Two-thirds of Khandi is now flooded, with about 100 villages along or near the Chindwin River under water for the last two days, sources said.
Sagaing’s Homalin and Mawlike townships are also under threat, sources said, with residents of all three townships now joining earlier flood victims at local high points Pagoda Hill, Hospital Hill, and the headquarters of Military Battalion 52.