HINTHADA, Myanmar: Myanmar’s president called Thursday for the evacuation of low-lying areas as the Irrawaddy river threatened to breach embankments, leaving villagers with just sand-bags to hold back churning waters that have hit much of the country.
Floods from a heavy mon-soon season have cut through swathes of South and Southeast Asia in recent weeks, claiming hundreds of lives and displacing millions.
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