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Photos: Myanmar battles rising floodwaters after landslide kills 52

Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides. But this season's deluge has tested disaster response after a fatal landslide on Friday in southeastern Mon state was followed by heavy flooding that reached the roofs of houses and treetops in nearby towns, killing at least 52 people.

Updated on: Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM IST

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Residents look out from a window as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State. Myanmar troops and emergency responders scrambled to provide aid in flood-hit parts of the country Sunday after rising waters forced residents to flee by boat and a landslide killed at least 52 people. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Residents look out from a window as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State. Myanmar troops and emergency responders scrambled to provide aid in flood-hit parts of the country Sunday after rising waters forced residents to flee by boat and a landslide killed at least 52 people. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Residents use a plastic tub as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State. Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides. But this season’s deluge has tested disaster response after a fatal landslide on Friday in southeastern Mon state was followed by heavy flooding that reached the roofs of houses and treetops in nearby towns. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Residents use a plastic tub as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State. Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides. But this season’s deluge has tested disaster response after a fatal landslide on Friday in southeastern Mon state was followed by heavy flooding that reached the roofs of houses and treetops in nearby towns. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Workers repair a portion of a damaged road as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State. Hundreds of soldiers, firefighters and local rescue workers were still pulling bodies and vehicles out of the muddy wreckage of Paung township on Sunday. “The latest death toll we have from the landslide in Mon state was 52,” Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun said. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Workers repair a portion of a damaged road as floodwaters submerged areas of Ye township in Mon State. Hundreds of soldiers, firefighters and local rescue workers were still pulling bodies and vehicles out of the muddy wreckage of Paung township on Sunday. “The latest death toll we have from the landslide in Mon state was 52,” Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun said. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Rescuers evacuate residents by boat . Floodwaters have submerged more than 4,000 houses in the state and displaced more than 25,000 residents who have sought shelter in monasteries and pagodas, according to state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Rescuers evacuate residents by boat . Floodwaters have submerged more than 4,000 houses in the state and displaced more than 25,000 residents who have sought shelter in monasteries and pagodas, according to state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Residents carry their dogs to a boat . About two-thirds of the state’s Ye township remained flooded, an administrator said, as drone footage showed only the tops of houses, tree branches and satellite dishes poking above the waters. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Residents carry their dogs to a boat . About two-thirds of the state’s Ye township remained flooded, an administrator said, as drone footage showed only the tops of houses, tree branches and satellite dishes poking above the waters. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Aerial view of the submerged areas of Ye township. Heavy rains pounded other parts of Mon, Karen and Kachin states, flooding roads and destroying bridges that crumbled under the weight of the downpour. But the bulk of the relief effort is focused on hard-hit Mon, which sits on the coast of the Andaman sea. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Aerial view of the submerged areas of Ye township. Heavy rains pounded other parts of Mon, Karen and Kachin states, flooding roads and destroying bridges that crumbled under the weight of the downpour. But the bulk of the relief effort is focused on hard-hit Mon, which sits on the coast of the Andaman sea. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Army soldiers unload a sack from a boat. As the rainy season reaches its peak, the country’s armed forces are pitching in and have readied helicopters to deliver supplies. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Army soldiers unload a sack from a boat. As the rainy season reaches its peak, the country’s armed forces are pitching in and have readied helicopters to deliver supplies. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Displaced residents take shelter in a temporary evacuation centre. Families realised they had to leave in the early hours Sunday, packing possessions into boats, rowing towards higher ground or swimming away. Than Htay, a 40-year-old from Ye town said that water rose to their waists around 02:00 am and she and her family members started shouting for help. The heavy rains muffled their pleas but a boat happened to pass by and gave them a ride. “That’s why we survived. We thought we were dead,” she said. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Displaced residents take shelter in a temporary evacuation centre. Families realised they had to leave in the early hours Sunday, packing possessions into boats, rowing towards higher ground or swimming away. Than Htay, a 40-year-old from Ye town said that water rose to their waists around 02:00 am and she and her family members started shouting for help. The heavy rains muffled their pleas but a boat happened to pass by and gave them a ride. “That’s why we survived. We thought we were dead,” she said. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Rescue workers search for bodies of victims under the debris and mud after a landslide in Mottama. “We are still working. We will continue searching in the coming days as well,” Paung township administrator Zaw Moe Aung said. Climate scientists in 2015 ranked Myanmar at the top of a global list of nations hardest hit by extreme weather. That year more than 100 people died in floods that also displaced hundreds of thousands. (Sai Aung Main / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:08 PM

Rescue workers search for bodies of victims under the debris and mud after a landslide in Mottama. “We are still working. We will continue searching in the coming days as well,” Paung township administrator Zaw Moe Aung said. Climate scientists in 2015 ranked Myanmar at the top of a global list of nations hardest hit by extreme weather. That year more than 100 people died in floods that also displaced hundreds of thousands. (Sai Aung Main / REUTERS)

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