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swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar more than a week ago,
triggering floods and landslides that have killed 588 people across the region,
according to official figures. The floods in 56 townships in Myanmar had
resulted in ‘268 deaths and 88 people missing’, the junta’s information team
said in a statement on Wednesday 18 Sep
It also said that nearly 2,70,000
hectares of rice and other crops had been submerged, and more than 1,00,000
farm animals killed.
The
previous death toll reported by state TV was 226, with 77 people missing.