YANGON: Flooding across large parts of Myanmar has displaced more than 100,000 people, causing two deaths, while dramatic riverbank erosion has washed away a Buddhist pagoda, officials, residents and state media said.
Water levels have risen steadily since unrelenting monsoon rain began to lash the heart of the South-East Asian country in early July, driving some people to higher land or seek shelter in Buddhist monasteries, a disaster relief official said.
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