Monsoon Flooding Forces Thousands to Evacuate Homes in Burma

People travel through floodwaters in the Bago region in Burma (also known as Myanmar), some 68 kilometers away from Yangon, on July 29, 2018. Heavy monsoon rains have pounded Karen state, Mon state and Bago region in recent days and show no sign of abating, raising fears that the worst might be yet to come. Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

YANGON—Some 50,000 people in Burma (also known as Myanmar) evacuated their homes after days of heavy monsoon rains left villages inundated and swept away bridges, while authorities scrambled to deliver aid to the affected regions, authorities and media said on Sunday.

President Win Myint visited the Bago region in central Burma to meet displaced residents on July 28 and urged local officials to step up the provision of temporary shelters and aid. An estimated 100,000 people may be affected by the floods.