Photo: Zabuthiri Emergency Assistance and Rescue Team (Dawei)

Heavy Rains Leave 17 Dead, Over 30 Missing in Dawei District

· Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd

At least 17 people have been confirmed dead and more than 30 remain missing following flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Dawei District, according to local residents and social welfare and rescue organisations.

In Launglon Township, two bodies — those of a 70-year-old woman and her 45-year-old son — were recovered after a landslide in Kadetgyi Village as of the evening of September 28. A monk was also killed in a landslide near Kadetngayteik Mountain, while the bodies of a 12-year-old boy, two elderly women and a man were recovered, according to local residents.

At least 13 people remain missing after a landslide in Kadetngetein Village, while more than 30 houses were buried and destroyed. In Kyauknimaw Village, about 50 houses have reportedly been buried by a landslide and at least five people remain missing.

In Tawkye Village, the bodies of a nun and a woman were recovered following flooding and landslides, while one woman and two men remain missing. Two women were also reported dead in Nyawpyi  and Thayetpingon wards of Launglon Township.

Meanwhile, six deaths had been confirmed in Thayetchaung Township by the evening of September 28. Two people were killed by landslides in Sawphya Village and two others in Kanyinchaung Village. A man and a 90-year-old woman also died in wards in Thayetchaung town, according to a local resident.

A father and son were reportedly swept away by floodwaters in Kyaukai Village, with search operations underway.

Flooding was still occurring in Thechaunggyi, Yinnge, Winkaphaw and Meke villages in lower Thayetchaung Township, with residents calling for urgent rescue and relief assistance.

By the morning of September 29, floodwaters had begun receding in Dawei, Launglon and Thayetchaung townships. Floodwaters in Dawei town, which was inundated on September 28, were also reported to be receding.

Local rescue organisations, along with teams from Kayin State, Mon State and Yangon Region, have been travelling to the affected areas to assist with emergency rescue and relief operations.

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