Myanmar towns record highest single-day rainfall in over 50 years

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Myanmar towns record highest single-day rainfall in over 50 years

STORY: Myanmar towns record highest single-day rainfall in over 50 years DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of waterlogged streets in Yangon 2. various of traffic jams caused by rain-triggered floods in Yangon STORYLINE: Myanmar's commercial city of Yangon and the western town of Kyaukphyu have experienced the heaviest single-day rainfall in over 50 years on Wednesday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. Yangon, the former capital of the country, saw its highest single-day rainfall in 54 years, with 170 mm recorded on Wednesday, compared to the figure of 149 mm in August 2019, the weather bureau reported. Kyaukphyu, a major town in Rakhine State, recorded 502 mm on Wednesday, the highest in 58 years, compared to that of 272 mm in August 1994. "The record rainfalls occur because of a heavy monsoon wind coming from the east," Hla Tun, director of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, told Xinhua

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