Floods affect hundreds of thousands in Irrawaddy division
More than 350,000 people from some 700 villages have been affected by flooding in three of the Irrawaddy Division’s districts, said the divisional government. Floods hit Hinthada, Maubin, and Pathein districts in early August and have forced more than 38,000 people into relief camps. “Hinthada district was hit the hardest. Kyangin, Myanaung, Hinthada and Zalun—which lie near the Irrawaddy River—are also facing erosion from the flooding,” Myo Min Tun, director of the office of the Irrawaddy divisional government, told The Irrawaddy.
