According to the military administration, around 220 people have perished in Myanmar as a result of Typhoon Yagi, and over 80 more are still unaccounted for.
Over 500 people were killed by the typhoon that passed over northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar last week, according to official statistics.
It caused extreme flooding and mudslides in Myanmar, destroying entire communities and resulting in at least 226 fatalities.
The UN issued a warning, noting that hundreds of thousands of acres of crops had been devastated, and that over half a million people in the war-torn nation urgently needed food, drinking water, clothing, and shelter.
“In Myanmar, mudslides and floods kill more than 200.”
Since the army took control of the nation in early 2021 and overthrew the democratically elected government, a civil war has raged throughout the nation. Since then, armed opposition organisations have fought the military junta in power, resulting in millions of people being displaced from their homes and thousands of deaths.
The army has lost control of several regions of the nation within the past year or two, leading to an unstable, patchwork system of government.
This, along with inadequate communication in isolated locations, has caused information of casualties to leak slowly.
An estimated 631,000 people are thought to have been impacted by the flooding, according to the UN disaster response organisation. Damaged bridges, blocked roads, and broken communication lines have all made rescue operations very difficult.
Many areas of the nation, particularly Shan State, one of the worst-hit by the flooding and currently mostly under the hands of a rebel force, are inaccessible to aid organisations.
The only nation to reply to the military junta’s unusual call for assistance over the weekend was India, the country’s neighbour. It supplied supplies, such as clothing, food, and medication.
According to the UN, these floods are some of the worst that Myanmar has seen recently.
Ten deaths were also attributed to Typhoon Yagi in Thailand and one in Laos.
According to officials, there have been 292 deaths in Vietnam, 38 reported missing, over 230,000 damaged residences, 280,000 hectares of devastated crops, and significant damage to key manufacturing hubs.
Source:BBC
