YANGON: In Kachin State, the 2024 rainy season brought record-breaking floods along the Ayeyarwady River, leaving behind thick layers of silt but failing to produce crops, according to local farmers.

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 ...

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 ...

Myanmar would be responsible for dredging the Sai River while Thailand would dredge the Ruak River as part of efforts to prevent flooding. A budget of 70 million baht for the operation is pending ...

YANGON: Myanmar Airways International (MAI) is helping to transport the relief and supplies donated to the flood-affected people free of charge, and is also organising cargo flights to Thailand to ...