YANGON: At least 235,000 people have been displaced while 33 killed due to floods triggered by Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar, the junta on Friday said.
“There are 236,649 people from 59,413 households who were displaced because of typhoon floods… There were 33 deaths and one person injured around the country,” junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said in an audio statement.
He added authorities have lost contact with some areas and asked those living near river banks to take shelter elsewhere and be alert until Sunday. Earlier, Myanmar’s fire service confirmed that the floods had claimed 36 lives.
The junta spokesman said authorities are investigating reports that dozens of migrant workers in gold mining areas in central Mandalay region were missing after landslides.
People in parts of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have been facing flash floods and landslides in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which hit the region last weekend.
More than 2.7 million people were already displaced in Myanmar by conflict sparked by the junta’s 2021 coup, which has plunged the country into chaos.
