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    132 Search results for "Arakan flood"

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Food, water, shelter needed for Arakan flood evacuees

    The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.

    Aid Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    18 dead in Arakan floods, food aid shipped in by helicopter

    Most of the casualties in Arakan were the result of boats capsizing or sinking on rivers. Some 130 rescue camps have been set up across the state.

    Villagers lug heavy items over an improvised bridge as floods destroy all roads. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Arakan flood destroys 170 acres of agricultural land

    Continuous heavy rain last week in Arakan State destroyed 170 acres of agricultural land, 550 houses, 5 schools, 5 monasteries and 47 bridges.

    The flooded town of Ann, located in Arakan State. (PHOTO: Tharlay Rakhine).

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Five confirmed dead, homes destroyed in Arakan floods

    At least five people have been killed as homes and bridges are washed away in the Arakan State town of Ann following fresh floods over the weekend.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Monsoon flash floods blanket NW Arakan

    Celebrated Burmese meteorologist Tun Lwin has predicted that floods will soon blanket all of western Arakan State, as well as the Chin, Sagaing and Kachin regions.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Flood crisis: Arakan death toll rises to 55

    Burma’s government has now put the death toll relating to torrential flooding at 55 in Arakan State, but local parliamentarian Pe Than said the final figure was likely to be higher.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Thousands hit by flooding in Arakan state

    Some 4,000 people have been directly affected by floods in Sandoway, a coastal township in western Burma. Residents and township administrators told DVB that the River Sandoway had overflowed, flooding the downtown area on Monday,[…]

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    Flood waters subside in Arakan

    July 11, 2007 (DVB)

    Uncategorized

    Flooding claims homes in Arakan and Bago

    July 06, 2007 (DVB)

    DVB Debate tackles Arakan State’s woes video

    Arakan DVB Debate Lead Story Rohingya Video

    DVB Debate tackles Arakan State’s woes

    In this episode aired on 27 August, DVB Debate takes up the contentious issues surrounding political and inter-religious dynamics in Arakan State, and discusses why the state’s problems have so captured the international community’s attention.

    Business Lead Story News

    Arakan crisis dents Burma’s hopes of Western investment boom

    Western trade and investment in Burma is small, but there were hopes that reforms would prise open an economy stunted by international sanctions and decades of mismanagement under military rule. That now appears to be on hold.

    Arakan Farmers Lead Story News

    In Arakan State, ruined embankments prevent rice production

    The residents of flood-prone Kyaukphyu Township in southwestern Arakan State are still struggling to resume agricultural production seven years after their lands were devastated by Cyclone Giri in 2010.

    Arakan Health Lead Story News

    16 dead as dengue fever sweeps Arakan State

    The number of dengue fever cases in the first six months of this year was higher than the whole of 2016.

    Arakan Environment Lead Story News

    The struggle to save Arakan’s mangroves

    Conservationist Kyaw Win said many locals had now “lost their enthusiasm” for protecting the mangroves because of a lack of government support.

    Arakan Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Bangladesh looks to move Rohingya refugees to flooded island

    Bangladesh has resurrected a plan to relocate thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Arakan State to a flooded island in the Bay of Bengal to prevent them from “intermingling” with Bangladeshi citizens.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    ICJ warns on plans to arm non-Muslims in Arakan

    The International Commission of Jurists, a human rights watchdog, calls plans to arm non-Muslims as a defense force in Arakan State “a recipe for disaster”.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Govt to resume aid in Arakan: diplomats

    Diplomats on a mission to northern Arakan State say the government has agreed to allow a resumption of aid to the region.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Wear life jackets or face suspension, Arakan govt tells ferry operators

    Following a recent spate of fatal accidents, government authorities in Arakan State have distributed life jackets to ferry boat operators in the region.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Relief boat capsized by whirlpool in Arakan

    One crew member is missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying aid was sucked into a whirlpool near Minbya.

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    1,000 people evacuated in Latpadaung due to floods

    DVB spoke to one resident who put the blame for the floods squarely on the Wanbao copper mine, saying it affects the free flow of the Chindwin River.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    1,000 stranded as Kazu River overflows in Arakan

    Commuters are unable to drive their vehicles either forward or backward due to floodwaters. Ten buses are among those stranded.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Pegu Division

    Pegu farmlands destroyed by floods

    “Farmlands located in the east and west of Zigon were destroyed. The floodwater is yet to subside, and the river is still swelling.”

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Landslide cuts highway in Arakan

    The Rangoon-Sittwe highway was cut by a landslide in Arakan State’s Ann Township, blocking hundreds of cars and trucks from passing on the important commercial thoroughfare.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Arakan enduring another deadly monsoon season

    Another four people died in Taunggup on Saturday when they were swept away by the current as they attempted to walk across a flooded field.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Months after floods, Magwe communities struggle to recover

    It has been eight months since floods wreaked havoc across Burma, but in Magwe Division many farmers are struggling to get back on their feet.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Trespassing charges dropped for Arakanese politician

    A court in Arakan State has overturned an earlier conviction against a politician accused of intimidating the supporter of a political rival.

    2015 Elections Arakan Lead Story News

    Arakan MP-elect found guilty of trespass, intimidation

    The verdict strips of his right to serve in the Arakan State legislature, however he reserves the right to appeal.

    2015 Elections Arakan Chin Lead Story News Politics Sagaing

    2015 election: Voter lists ready in flood-hit areas

    Despite speculation that Arakan, Chin and Sagaing regions would not be ready in time, Burma’s election commission says it is up to speed.

    Farmers Lead Story Natural Disasters News Uncategorized

    Burma left to count cost of flood disaster

    Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.

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    Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma

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