Flood in Myanmar

Floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State on August 12, 2019. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
13 August 2019
Vast swathes of southeastern Myanmar lie under floodwaters that have already forced tens...
Photo: Prof Win Myat Aye/Facebook
12 August 2019
Minister of Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Dr Win Myat Aye, wrote...
This aerial view shows rescue workers searching for landslide survivors in Thalphyugone village in Paung township, Mon state on August 9, 2019. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
12 August 2019
Myanmar troops and emergency responders scrambled to provide aid in flood-hit parts of...
Soldiers carry a turkey found in an area affected by a landslide in Paung township, Mon state on August 10, 2019. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
11 August 2019
Myanmar troops deployed to flood-hit parts of the country on Sunday to help with relief...
This aerial view shows a landslide in Thalphyugone village in Paung township, Mon state on August 9, 2019. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
10 August 2019
A major landslide sparked by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 22 people and injured...
Houses submerged in floodwaters are seen in Shwegyin township, Bago Region on August 8, 2019. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
09 August 2019
Raging floods across Myanmar have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in...
Flood in Karen State. Photo: MOI
08 August 2019
Three people have been killed by monsoon flooding which occurred in Myanmar's states and...
Mandalay fire department prepares to help people negatively affected by flooding. Photo: Mizzima
20 July 2019
Mandalay Region Fire Department Deputy Region Officer Htet Aung said that they have...
A photograph taken from airplane window shows flooded area beside the Ayeyarwaddy river in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 13 July 2019. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
16 July 2019
Days of heavy monsoon rain and dangerously high river levels have forced more than 18,000...
A man walks over the dried ground of the Swar Chaung dam after the water level decreased when the spillway collapsed at Swar township, Bago region on August 30, 2018.  Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
06 September 2018
The Bago Region Government said that nearly 140,000 acres of farmlands in six townships...
Residents wade through a flooded road in Taungnu township of Bago region on August 31, 2018. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
01 September 2018
Floods from a dam breach in Central Myanmar has left four people dead and three missing,...
Flood victims. Photo: Mizzima
01 September 2018
After the spillway structure failure in Swar dam, the Sittang River overflowed and caused...

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