Myanmar, 2nd August 2021 (TDI): Red Cross teams and volunteers are doing their best in Myanmar to help those affected by heavy rains and floods.
Teams of the Red Cross and volunteers are using boats during this difficult time to help those affected by floods and to provide them with food, clean water, and relief. People who have been affected by floods have no shelter, food or clean drinking water therefore they need teams and people to rescue them and to help them in this difficult time.
However, Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are working day and night to rescue those who have luckily survived these floods. Currently, it has been challenging for Red Cross teams and volunteers to rescue people because floods are taking place in the middle of a pandemic due to the fact that rescue teams have more work to do.
Along with rescuing people they have to provide them with things to protect them from coronavirus.
Monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in parts of #Myanmar. In Kya-In-Seik-Gyi Township, #Karen State, our volunteers helped relocate 86 families to safety and delivered food supplies to 50 families marooned in their homes in Hlaing Bwe Township pic.twitter.com/MDcisnTYNj
— Myanmar Red Cross (@MyanmarRedCross) July 26, 2021
Floods in Myanmar
Myanmar faced heavy rains as a result of these heavy rains, especially affected by climate change, there were heavy floods in different states.
According to Myanmar’s Meteorological department, there were 433 mm of rain in the past 48 hours.
Neighboring parts of Bangladesh have also observed heavy rains and there were floods and landslides in Cox’s Bazar District.
According to the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) as many as 48,500 people have been affected or displaced by the floods across the 3 states.
Earlier this month the Red Cross reported flooding in Kengtung township in Shan State, prompting evacuations.
River levels are also high in Bago Region. DHM said that, as of 29 July, the Sittang River at Madauk in Bago Region was about 12 cm above the danger mark but will likely fall in the next 24 hours.
