Myanmar braces for more flooding as international aid flows in


  • World
  • Friday, 07 Aug 2015

A man rows his boat in a flooded village outside Zalun Township, Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar, August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

YANGON (Reuters) - International aid poured into Myanmar on Friday following weeks of heavy monsoon flooding that aid agencies say is set to extend further across the low-lying southern delta region.

An estimated 88 people have died and some 330,000 have been displaced so far in the flooding that began in late June. Last week the floods intensified to engulf vast tracts of the country after a lashing from the remnants of Cyclone Komen.

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