Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital ...

B ANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its ...

Torrential rains and the onset of Cyclone Komen triggered severe, widespread floods and landslides in July and August 2015 across 12 of the 14 states and regions in Myanmar. The Myanmar Post-Disaster ...

Desperate villagers wade through high flood waters in Pyinmana in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region. [AFP] The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of flooding and landslides sparked by Typhoon Yagi has ...

YANGON: Myanmar experienced 1,237 natural disasters from April to December 2024, according to the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on ...

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During this period, economic growth in Myanmar eased to 7% from an average of 8.5% in 2014-2015 amid a supply shock from heavy flooding, a slowdown in new investment during an election year, and a ...

Climate disasters in the form of cyclones and floods continue to pose a constant threat. Violence against aid workers and extreme bureaucratic hurdles make meeting humanitarian needs even more ...

China is the most affected country in Asia from floods and typhoons, followed by Myanmar, India and the Philippines. But high ...