Death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar rises to 226: 500,000 people await aid

In Myanmar, the number of people who have lost their lives in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains from Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm seen in the South Asia-Pacific regions in recent years, has risen to 226.

According to BBC reports, Typhoon Yagi, which struck and caused major damage in Vietnam, Laos, and the north of Thailand, has also negatively impacted life in Myanmar. The typhoon has caused the deaths of more than 500 people across the region.

The junta administration in Myanmar announced that 226 people have lost their lives in floods and landslides resulting from the heavy rains caused by Typhoon Yagi, and that approximately 80 people are still missing.

It was reported that many villages in the central parts of the Mandalay and Bago regions, as well as in the eastern Shan State, have been submerged, and hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land have been damaged. Additionally, Mon, Kayah, and Kayin states were also severely affected by the typhoon.

MYANMAR LEADER REQUESTS EMERGENCY AID

The United Nations (UN) announced that more than 500,000 people in the country hit by the typhoon are in urgent need of food, drinking water, shelter, and clothing. Myanmar's military junta leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, issued a message on national television last weekend, calling on the international community for aid.

Hlaing, accompanied by other military officials, had visited the regions affected by the typhoon and inspected the rescue, relief, and rehabilitation efforts there.

News Source: AA