Landslide in southeast Myanmar kills at least 10 people

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A landslide has buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar, killing at least 10 people and injuring nearly 30.

The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper says rescuers are using backhoes and bulldozers to clear the mud and debris from the village in Paung township. It says some residents are still missing.

The top official in Mon state, Aye Zan, has visited the site and villagers who were evacuated to a relief camp to escape floods following torrential rains. </s> Mon [Myanmar], Aug 10 (ANI): At least 33 people were killed in a landslide in Myanmar's Mon state, said Fire Services Department said on Saturday.

The landslide took place on Friday and rescue operations are still underway, reported Xinhua.

The mountainside of Ma-lat mountain collapsed due to the monsoon downpour at 7 am local time on Friday.

At least 27 houses and five vehicles were swamped by a deluge of mud and rocks.

Further details are awaited. (ANI) </s> Landslide in southeast Myanmar kills at least 10 people

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A landslide buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar, killing at least 10 people and injuring nearly 30, media reported Saturday.

Rescuers were using backhoes and bulldozers to clear the mud and debris from the village in Paung township. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that some residents are still missing.

The top official in Mon state, Aye Zan, visited the site and villagers who were evacuated to a relief camp to escape floods following torrential rains.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that monsoon flooding had displaced more than 7,000 people this week in Mon state. Apart from the landslide in Paung, houses and a school in other townships were washed away, roads blocked and villages submerged.

Nearly 12,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar this week alone, bringing the total number of those in evacuation centers to more than 38,000, the U.N. said. </s> Yangon, May 5 (IANS) Five more people were killed in Friday’s landslide in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, taking the death toll to 17, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.

At least 11 people were injured in the landslide that occured in Hpakant mining region, Xinhua news agency reported.

The 60.9-metre-high spoil tip collapsed near a worksite owned by Kyauk Myat Shwe Pyi Company in Hway Khar village before dawn. </s> A landslide has buried more than a dozen village houses in southeast Myanmar, killing at least 34 people, an official says.

Rescuers were using backhoes and bulldozers to clear the mud and debris from the village in Paung township on Saturday.

The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that some residents were still missing.

MP Zaw Zaw Htoo arrived at the scene on Saturday morning and said the death toll had reached 34.

He said he saw rescue teams retrieve 12 bodies on Saturday, after 22 were found on Friday. He said the search operation was ongoing.

The top official in Mon state Aye Zan, visited the site and villagers who were evacuated to a relief camp to escape floods following torrential rains.

The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that monsoon flooding had displaced more than 7000 people this week in Mon state.

Apart from the landslide in Paung, houses and a school in other townships were washed away, roads were blocked and villages were submerged.

Nearly 12,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar this week alone, bringing the total number of those in evacuation centres to more than 38,000, the UN said. </s> At least 22 people were killed when a landslide triggered by monsoon rains struck a village in eastern Myanmar, as emergency workers continued the search Saturday for scores more feared missing.

[MAWLAMYINE] At least 22 people were killed when a landslide triggered by monsoon rains struck a village in eastern Myanmar, as emergency workers continued the search Saturday for scores more feared missing.

A huge brown scar on the hillside marked where the deluge of mud descended on Thae Pyar Kone village in Mon state on Friday, wiping out 16 homes and a monastery.

Search and rescue teams worked through the night trying to find survivors and recover bodies from the deep sludge.

"So far we have found 22 bodies and 47 injured people," said local administrator Myo Min Tun.

Officials believe up to 100 people could still be missing.

Aerial pictures showed broken remnants of rooftops and other debris from the houses strewn next to trucks knocked over by the force of the mudslide.

Htay Htay Win, 32, told AFP that two of her daughters and five other relatives had still not been found.

"I heard a huge noise and turned round to see my home being hit by the mud," she said, crying.

Rescue workers spent Saturday morning loading bodies wrapped in plastic onto the back of flatbed trucks as worried villagers looked on.

Emergency crews had to unblock the main highway from Yangon to Mawlamyine, buried under six feet (1.8 metres) of sludge.

Torrential downpours have burst riverbanks across the country while coastal communities have been warned of higher tides.

In the town of Shwegyin in eastern Bago region, residents waded out through waist-deep waters or waited to be rescued by boat after the Sittaung river burst its banks, swallowing entire homes.

Around 89,000 people have been displaced by floods in recent weeks, although many have since been able to return home, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Vietnam has also experienced heavy flooding this week with at least eight people killed in the country's central highlands and rescuers using a zipline to carry dozens of others to safety. </s> - At least 15 people were killed in a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rain in Mon state, Myanmar, on August 9, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department.According to authorities landslide took place as the mountainside of Ma-lat mountain collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Paung township in the state. Twenty eight people were rescued alive, but it is difficult to confirm the number of casualties in the disaster.Earlier, the Mon State Government Office said the landslide buried ten houses and swept away residents in Paung township.Caused by heavy monsoon rainfall, Paung, Mawlamyine, Mudon, Thanbyuzayat, Kyaikmaraw and Ye townships were flooded.-VNA </s> At least 134 people have been killed in Bangladesh after landslides triggered by heavy rain buried hillside homes, officials say.

Densely populated Bangladesh is battered by storms, floods and landslides every rainy season.

The landslides hit three hilly districts in the south-east, killing 98 people in Rangamati, 30 in Chittagong and six in Bandarban, said Reaz Ahmed, head of the department of disaster management.

The death toll could rise further as rescuers search for bodies and many people are still missing, he said.

"Rescue operations are being hampered by bad weather while authorities are still struggling to reach some remote areas," Ahmed said.

The dead include four soldiers who had joined the rescue operation, said a spokesperson for the control room of the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry in Dhaka.

The latest deaths came weeks after Cyclone Mora lashed Bangladesh's south-east, killing at least seven people and damaging tens of thousands of homes.

In 2007, about 130 people were killed in a landslide in Chittagong in the south-east. </s> At least 10 dead, dozens missing after landslide in southern Myanmar

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a landslide caused by severe rains buried homes and buildings in southern Myanmar, officials and rescue workers said on Friday.Heavy rain has pummeled the south for days, causing flooding that has displaced at least 12,000 people, according to the United Nations. Thin Lae War Aung, an official in Paung township, Mon state, told Reuters five men and five women had been confirmed dead after the landslide in Thaphyu Kone village. Myo Myint Shein, chairman of the Mudon Rescue Association, said the death toll was 17 and expected to rise.

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“I heard a loud sound and the ground was shaking,” he told Reuters. “It’s not possible to be alive after being hit by rock and soil.” The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement that houses and a school had been washed away in other townships. More heavy rainfall is expected in the coming days.

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