緬甸洪水已造成27人死亡

　　Flooding in Myanmar has now killed at least 27 people and affected more than 150,000, numbers that are both expected to rise, as the government, military and relief organizations work to carry out rescue operations and provide aid.

　　President Thein Sein went Saturday to the Sagaing region in northern Myanmar, one of four areas where he has declared a state of emergency.

　　Weeks of heavy rains, made worse by a cyclone that hit late last week, caused flooding and landslides that have hit the western part of the country hardest. Some areas have seen floodwaters several meters deep.

　　In Rakhine state, along Myanmar’s southwestern coast, the U.N.’s humanitarian agency said Saturday that there are reports of “extensive damage” to camps around Sittwe, where 100,000 people already displaced by conflict in Myanmar have been staying.

　　緬甸大水泛濫,造成最少27人滅亡, 15萬人遭到影響。估計流民人數還會增長。緬甸當局、部隊和救濟構造正盡力救災,供給支援。

　　緬甸總統吳登盛禮拜六到緬甸北部實皆地域觀察災情，實皆等四個地域已宣告進入緊迫狀況。

　　緬甸比來幾個禮拜連降暴雨，上禮拜又刮台風，造成大水和山體滑坡。受災最緊張的是緬甸西部地域。有些處所的積水有幾米深。

　　在緬甸西南沿海的諾開邦，結合國人性救濟機構禮拜六說，據報導，斯特維四周的收容所受到緊張損壞。住在那邊的有由於戰亂而逃離故裏的10萬災黎。