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Myanmar flood death toll jumps to 384

By AFP
September 22, 2024
Destroyed railway tracks are pictured after major flooding in Kalaw township in Myanmars southern Shan state on September 19, 2024. — AFP
Destroyed railway tracks are pictured after major flooding in Kalaw township in Myanmar's southern Shan state on September 19, 2024. — AFP

YANGON: The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has climbed to 384, with 89 people missing, the junta said on Saturday.

Yagi swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar more than a week ago, triggering floods and landslides that have killed hundreds of people across the region.

In Myanmar, 384 people were dead and 89 were missing as of Saturday, the junta´s information team said. The floods have heaped more misery on a country where millions were already displaced by more than three years of conflict unleashed by the military´s 2021 coup.