Heavy rainfall displaces thousands in southern Myanmar

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Heavy rainfall displaces thousands in southern Myanmar

STORY: Heavy rainfall displaces thousands in southern Myanmar DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people wading through flood water in Bago 2. various of people rowing boats through floodwater STORYLINE: Heavy rainfall hit Bago Region of southern Myanmar on Sunday, displacing thousands and disrupting rail traffic, local authorities said on Monday. U Thaung Shwe, director of Bago Region's Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, told Xinhua on Monday that a total of 14,304 people were taking shelter in 36 relief camps because of the floods. Rescue operations were underway as the water level continued to rise, he said. Nearly 800 passengers from the two passenger trains en route to Yangon were transported with vessels to Yangon on Sunday evening due to the floods, the country's Ministry of Transport and Communications reported. The trips of four passenger trains that ran through Bago township on Sunday were also canceled

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