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Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

The request comes a year after the regime came under fire for refusing international aid agencies access to areas hit by Cyclone Mocha

Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare request on Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war.

Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which dumped a colossal deluge of rain when it hit the region last weekend.

In Myanmar, more than 235,000 people have been forced from their homes by floods, the junta said Friday, piling further misery on the country where war has raged since the military seized power in 2021.

In Taungoo—around an hour south of the capital Naypyitaw—residents paddled makeshift rafts on floodwaters that reached the roofs of some buildings.

Around 300 people were. . .

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