Monsoon rains

Six Dead, 50,000 Evacuated In Malaysia Floods

At least six people have died and nearly 50,000 evacuated in Malaysia after monsoon rains pounded the country's east coast, authorities said Friday, causing what residents described as the worst flooding in half a century.Authorities have stepped up rescue operations after locals complained they had to fend for themselves earlier this week.Heavy rains continued to batter the region on Friday, swelling the number of people abandoning their homes to more than 47,000, officials said."I

9 January 2021
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Myanmar battles rising floodwaters

Myanmar troops and emergency responders scrambled to provide aid in flood-hit parts of the country Sunday after rising waters forced residents to flee by boat and a landslide killed at least 52 people.Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides.But this season's deluge has tested disaster response after a fatal landslide on Friday in south-eastern Mon state was followed by heavy floodi

12 August 2019
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Deadly landslide in Myanmar

The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar rose to at least 41, an official said late Saturday, as emergency workers continued for a second night their desperate search through thick mud for the scores feared missing.A huge brown gash on the hillside marked where the deluge of mud flooded onto Ye Pyar Kone village in Mon state on Friday, wiping out 27 homes.Search and rescue teams worked through Friday night and into late Saturday, using excavators and their

11 August 2019
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