Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital, Naypyidaw, as Vietnam began clearing up after Typhoon Yagi.
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Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital, Naypyidaw, as Vietnam began clearing up after Typhoon Yagi.
A swath of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have been battling floods and landslides in the wake of the storm, which dumped a deluge of rain when it first hit the region last weekend.
The overall death toll across the four countries stands at 280, including 233 in Vietnam and 36 in Myanmar. But with many people missing, it is expected to rise further.
Myanmar’s national fire service on Friday confirmed the new death toll, while more than 50,000 people have been forced from their homes.
“We walked through neck-high water this morning,” one woman told the AFP news agency in Sin Thay village.
“We are very hungry and thirsty. It’s been about three days we don’t have food.”
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