Myanmar asks for international aid as flood misery spreads

Myanmar asks for international aid as flood misery spreads
Sittwe, Myanmar (AFP) Aug 4, 2015 - Myanmar formally appealed Tuesday for international help in tackling massive floods with rescuers struggling to reach isolated regions, as rain-battered Asian nations counted the rising cost of this year's monsoon. Flash floods and landslides in Myanmar have claimed at least 46 lives and affected some 215,000 people, swallowing huge tracts of land in what the United Nations has described as ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Myanmar_asks_for_international_aid_as_flood_misery_spreads_999.html