Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Myanmar
Highlights
Over 61,000 households are displaced/evacuated in the Ayeyarwady delta region and in Bago due to floods.
Initial assessments in Rakhine indicate that the floods have severely damaged the rice harvest. Many water wells have been contaminated by flood and salt water.
The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated US$9 million to jump start critical response activities.
Radio programmes on flood risk and safety messages are being broadcast to an estimated 4.4 million people in flood affected areas.