Flooding triggered by Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 226 people in Myanmar, damaged homes and farmland, and disrupted essential services, leaving many regions in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Myanmar’s agricultural land submerged as Typhoon Yagi floods displace thousands. / Photo: Reuters
Around a third of Myanmar's 55 million people are already in need of humanitarian aid, following incessant conflict triggered by a February 2021 coup when the powerful military unseated the civilian government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. In the Mandalay region alone, some 40,000 acres of agricultural land were submerged and some 26,700 houses were damaged by the heavy rains and flooding, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs .
"Affected areas include camps for displaced people, including children, who were already struggling with limited services due to ongoing conflict," UNICEF said in a statement.Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, has left a trail of devastation through parts of Southeast Asia, killing at least 292 people in Vietnam where it made landfall.
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