Floods Wreak Damage in Burma, Killing at Least 226, State Media Says

Floods Wreak Damage in Burma, Killing at Least 226, State Media Says
Homes are surrounded by flood waters submerging Phayarphyu village in Loikaw township in Burma's Karenni state on Sept. 16, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Floods in Burma (also known as Myanmar) have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the war-torn Southeast Asian country.

Around a third of Burma’s 55 million people are already in need of humanitarian aid, following incessant conflict triggered by a Feb. 2021 coup when the powerful military unseated the civilian government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.