Floods displace 14,000 in Myanmar
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Residents carry their groceries as they walk through a flooded street after heavy rains in Bago township in Myanmar's Bago region on October 10, 2023. Floods sparked by record October rain hit parts of southern Myanmar on October 9, inundating roads and fields and sending residents fleeing for higher ground. (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP)
Floods triggered by record rainfall displaced 14,000 people in Bago City, Myanmar on Tuesday, local authorities said.
Almost 5,600 people were being accommodated in local government temporary relief centers, according to the state-backed Global New Light of Myanmar.
In eastern Bago city, residents waded down streets through waist-deep water or floated along in boats or on rubber tires, as ripples lapped at shuttered shops and houses.
On Sunday, authorities reported that 200 millimeters (almost eight inches) of rain had fallen in the previous 24 hours in Bago region northeast of commercial hub Yangon — a record for October.
Heavy rain continued through Monday night.
