Disasters and emergency response
Non-governmental preparedness and response agencies
Flood coordination drastically improved, but not without flaws
According to the National Natural Disaster Management Committee, the ongoing flood crisis has critically affected more than 1.6 million people, displaced over 333,000 households and killed at least 110 people. The massive relief effort is still under way, with the current outpouring of humanitarian aid more ...
Flooded religious sites to be restored
Flood-hit religious sites and monuments will soon be mucked out and repaired following a damage assessment, religious affairs officials said. A tally of losses, displaced monks and swamped pagodas was started on 11 August by a 16-member committee under the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Keep reading ...
Rice destined for Myanmar's flood-hit areas
A local trading firm has donated 85 bags of rice valued at K2 million to Myanmar Red Cross Society for distribution to families affected by recent flooding. Lucky Family Trading handed over the rice on 8 August at MRCS headquarters in Botahtaung township. Keep reading ...
Aid group forced to stop helping flood victims on Ma Ba Tha orders
Hardline monks have flexed their muscles amid the desolation of Sagaing Region’s floods, ordering a prominent aid group to leave the area and describing National League for Democracy and other volunteers as “troublemaking groups”. Flooding has devastated large areas of northern Sagaing Region, with Kawlin the ...
Disaster alert system begins
Starting 30 March 2015, residents of Banteay Meanchey, Pursat and Kampong Thom provinces can enrol in a disaster-response calling service through their phones in anticipation of the impending rainy season. “[In the past] the emergency comes before the information. The other channels we have used are ...
