Weeks of heavy rain in Myanmar have left at least 47 people dead and damaged farmland, government officials and media report.
More than 212,000 hectares of farmland in 12 out of 15 states and divisions across the country were seriously affected by floods as the heavy rain continues, the Ministry of Agriculture and said.
Floods and landslides destroyed more than 20,000 homes and affected some 200,000 people in the Sagaing and Mandalay regions as well as in the Kachin and Shan states, local media reported.
Ko Ko Kyaw of the Myanmar Red Cross Society estimates the death toll is much higher.
"Almost all parts of the country were facing the flood," he said.
The UN's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has also warned the death toll is expected to be rise.
Myanmar's government has been criticised for a slow and inadequate response.
Share
