Monsoon floods ravaging southern Myanmar

Monsoon floods ravaging southern Myanmar

Residents hold onto a child as they walk through floodwaters in the Bago region, some 68 km away from Yangon, on July 29, 2018. Heavy monsoon rains have pounded Karen state, Mon state and Bago region in recent days and show no sign of abating, raising fears that the worst might be yet to come. / AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU

Monsoon floods have affected nearly 100,000 people and killed at least 10 across Karen and Mon states and Bago Region in southern Myanmar, according to government media reports today.

According to the Karen State government, two children and a man died after they abandoned their home in search of shelter and their boat capsized, the Irrawaddy reported.

In Mon State, three soldiers went missing after falling into the floodwaters on Friday. The government declared three of them dead on Sunday after one of their bodies was found near the Yangon-Mawlamyine Highway.

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