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Myanmar: City authorities ignore flood victims in Pegu (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:10:00 +0200) : Rangoon (Mizzima) – Torrential rain and resultant flooding has forced thousands of people from their homes in the Lower Burma city of Pegu and surrounding districts, residents said.
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Storm triggers widespread rainfall, flood (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0200) : Storm occurring in the South China Sea has triggered widespread heavy rainfall and flood in Myanmar last week including the central part of the country, the local weekly 7-Day News quoted a meteorology and hydrology expert as saying Wednesday.
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Myanmar: Child presumed dead after flood hits ward of northwestern Kalaymyo (Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:20:00 +0200) : Friday, 30 July 2010 00:44 /Salai TunNew Delhi (Mizzima) – Floods in the northwestern Burmese division of Sagaing resulting from torrential rains that lasted six hours early on Tuesday swept away a grade-one pupil on her way to school and inundated at least 50 homes.
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CERF allocates $2.4 million for flood-affected populations in Myanmar (Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:50:00 +0200) : 19 July 2010: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will receive $750,000 for the post-flood restoration of food security and livelihoods for 54,000 affected people in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine State (NRS).
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Water Detection for Maungdaw & Buthidaung, Myanmar Flood Event (Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:30:00 +0200) : Source: UNOSAT (1 minute ago) AlertNet for journalists AlertNet for journalists is a set of tools and services designed to make life easier for reporters, fact-checkers and editors when covering humanitarian emergencies.
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Myanmar: Thousands still missing as flood relief efforts continue (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:28:00 +0200) : Thousands of people were still missing and at least half a million houses and buildings were reported damaged a week after torrential rains and landslides hit northwestern Burma's Arakan State, according to the latest reports by relief agencies. "People were mostly killed by mudslides because their....
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Myanmar: Flood Relief Efforts Continue in Devastated Arakan (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:41:00 +0200) : By BA KAUNG Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Thousands of people were still missing and at least half a million houses and buildings were reported damaged a week after torrential rains and landslides hit northwestern Burma's Arakan State, according to the latest reports by relief agencies.
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UNDP Myanmar intensifies its response to NRS flood (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:16:00 +0200) : June 2010, Buthidaung – Victims of recent flooding in the remote villages of Northern Rakhine State (NRS) in western Myanmar have received rice and other immediate relief items distributed by the UNDP's field offices in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, which border Bangladesh.
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UN aid agencies continue relief efforts in flood-affected Myanmar (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:32:00 +0200) : United Nations aid agencies are widening their relief efforts in western Myanmar, where more than 60 people have been killed and thousands of other villagers forced out of their homes by floods brought on by monsoonal rains.
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Situation Overview and Rainfall Estimate for Flood Affected Townships of Maungdaw and Buthidaung, Myanmar (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:05:00 +0200) : Source: UNOSAT (1 minute ago) AlertNet for journalists AlertNet for journalists is a set of tools and services designed to make life easier for reporters, fact-checkers and editors when covering humanitarian emergencies.
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Myanmar: Over 27,000 flood-affected families in need of relief support (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:02:00 +0200) : Date: 23 Jun 2010 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Myanmar flood, landslides toll hits 63 (Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:24:00 +0200) : The military and humanitarian groups are aiding people in northwestern Myanmar, where days of flooding and landslides killed more than 60 people and affected 15,000 families, state media and the United Nations reported Monday.In...
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UN deploys speedboats to save victims of floods in Myanmar and Bangladesh (Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:33:00 +0200) : United Nations aid agencies are using speedboats to help rescue people from flood waters that have inundated villages in western Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh and killed dozens of people.
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Governments must take account of increase in weather-related flooding, UN says (Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:33:00 +0200) : After a week of massive flooding in Myanmar, China and south-eastern France, the United Nations agency promoting disaster reduction activities has called on governments to take account of flood risk in their urban planning efforts and urged citizens to avoid building their homes in high-risk areas.
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Myanmar and Bangladesh: UNHCR rescues, shelters flood victims (Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:21:00 +0200) : BUTHIDAUNG, Myanmar, June 17 (UNHCR) – Using speed boats that normally ferry UNHCR staff to remote work sites, the refugee agency has rescued 50 patients from a hospital in western Myanmar from devastating floods, as well as more than 100 children from their inundated homes.
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BANGLADESH - MYANMAR: Thousands homeless in flood-hit Bangladesh and Myanmar (Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:12:00 +0200) : Bangladesh - Myanmar 0 Rescuers are scrambling to provide aid to the thousands of homeless people who survived davastating landslides in western Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh Thursday. The heavy rains killed 46 people Wednesday in Rakhine state of Myanmar, breaking a record of more than 33 centimetres.
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Myanmar and Bangladesh: UNHCR rescues, shelters flood victims (Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:05:00 +0200) : 17 Jun 2010 13:01:14 GMT Source: UNHCR With monsoon rains threatening lives, UNHCR sends speed boats to rescue hospital patients and hands out emergency shelter.
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