INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Myanmar&s death toll from floods rose to at least 113 as of Saturday evening, the country&s military government said on Sunday, following
heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi that has caused havoc across parts of Southeast Asia, Reuters reported.At least 320,000 people have
been displaced and 64 were still missing, government spokesman Zaw Min Tun said, according to a late-night bulletin on state-run MRTV.&The
government is conducting a rescue and rehabilitation mission,& he said.Adverse weather from Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia
this year, has killed hundreds of people in Vietnam and Thailand, and flood waters from swollen rivers have inundated cities in both
countries.The flooding in Myanmar began last Monday, with at least 74 people killed by Friday, based on state media reports.Myanmar has been
in turmoil since a military coup in February 2021 and violence has engulfed large parts of the country, read the report.The United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the storm&s rains mainly affected the capital Naypyitaw, as well as the
Mandalay, Magway, and Bago regions, along with eastern and southern Shan state, Mon, Kayah and Kayin states.&Central Myanmar is currently
the hardest hit, with numerous rivers and creeks flowing down from Shan hills,& the OCHA said.Reports of more deaths and landslides have
emerged, but gathering information has been challenging due to damaged infrastructure and downed phone and internet lines.State media also
reported that five dams, four pagodas, and more than 65,000 houses were destroyed by the flooding.About a third of Myanmar&s 55 million
people require humanitarian assistance but many aid agencies, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, cannot operate in many
areas because of access restrictions and security risks, Reuters reported.The post Myanmar&s flooding death toll rises to 113, state media
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