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Volunteers rush to help as Myanmar flood toll surges

Flooding is expected to abate in the coming days but has already killed more than 100 and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, including many already displaced by war

Bago - Volunteers rushed to areas inundated by floods in Myanmar on Sunday as the country's death toll from the Typhoon Yagi deluge surged to 113 and remote areas reported increasing numbers of dead and missing.

Floods and landslides have killed more than 400 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and 

Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which hit the region last weekend, according to official figures.

However, with roads and bridges damaged in Myanmar and phone and internet lines down, 

information has been limited.

One man told AFP how he had tried to rescue people with ropes as floodwaters four metres (15 feet) high surged through the hill town of Kalaw in Shan State on September 10.

"The current was very strong and even some buildings were destroyed," he said, describing pieces of furniture being washed through the streets.

"I could see trapped families in the distance. . .

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