On Sunday, authorities reported that 200 millimeters of rain had fallen in the previous 24 hours in the Bago region, northeast of commercial hub Yangon — a record for the month.A bus drives through a flooded street in Hpa Yar Gyi township in Myanmar's Bago region on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. AFP PHOTOThe rainy season typically brings months of heavy downpours, but scientists say man-made climate change is making weather patterns more intense.
Some residents floated along the water on makeshift rafts.'In some places, the tide is as deep as a person's height,' Aung Phyo Kyaw, a member of a local rescue team in Bago, told AFP.People had moved to higher ground and buildings, such as monasteries and homes of their relatives, to escape the rising waters, he said.The military and police were also working with rescuers to reach people in flooded areas, he added.
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