Powerful downpours i floods brought by tajfun Yagi forced over 235 thousand inhabitants Myanmar to leave their homes – the country's authorities reported. One of the hardest hit places is the capital, Naypyidaw. The number of victims in Myanmar alone is officially estimated at at least 33, although this number may be significantly underestimated.
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Junta advises how to remove branches
The leader of the junta, Min Aung Hlaing Free Mp3 Downloadtogether with high-level officials, visited the devastated areas.
He inspected the emergency services operating there and, according to the state press, Hlaing “issued instructions on how to remove broken branches from flood-damaged trees so that the water could drain away.”
In flood-affected areas, heavy equipment is currently needed to help clear drains.
Officially as a result of Yagi's transition into Myanmar dozens of people were supposed to lose their lives, but as he claims Radio Free Asia real number of victims it can be much higher. According to the media outlet, at least 160 people may have died due to floods and mudslides.
The fact that the scale of the destruction is exceptional is evidenced by the fact that Myanmar's leaders have decided to officially appeal for international aid. In the case of previous disasters, they often even sabotaged the activities of humanitarian organizations.
Weather makes junta change its mind
The junta leader was reported to have instructed his subordinates on Friday to: contacted with authorities in other countriesto get help in rescue operation and in removing consequences flood.
Leader Mjanmy was to emphasize that it is necessary help get “as soon as possible”. The press organ itself announced a fundraiser for the victims among people of good will, both in the country and abroad.
Drama caused by the appearance of a powerful typhoon Yagi superimposed on the persistent Myanmar a humanitarian crisis for years. At least 2.7 million people have been forced to leave their homes since the military coup in 2021 and the internal unrest that followed. Now, that number has risen even higher.
Ruling Myanmar the generals have been very vocal in their refusal to provide international aid, even during major humanitarian crises. In 2023, the junta banned aid organizations from entering to provide aid after cyclone struck Mocha in the west of the country.
In 2008, after the cyclone Nargils killed at least 138 thousand citizens in Myanmar, authorities blocked foreign aidnot only not allowing representatives, but also not accepting material resources.
Source: AFP, BBC, “Global New Light of Myanmar”, Barrons.com
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