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Aid sent to Burma

16 August 2013

CHRISTIAN AID

Surrounded: a Burmese house in a flooded village

Surrounded: a Burmese house in a flooded village

CHRISTIAN AID has sent emergency aid to communities devastated by exceptionally heavy rain, which has affected eastern Burma since late July. Flooding has forced more than 33,000 people from their homes, and at least three have died.

The charity is targeting areas where people are unable to get to any of the 80 relief camps. Ramani Leathard, of Christian Aid, said: "For those in more remote areas . . . access to camps is impossible. In emergency situations, where the poorest are most affected, it is important to co-ordinate relief work, as funds are limited."

Floodwater reached ten metres deep in some areas, destroying thousands of homes and ruining farm-land, threatening food-insecurity for next year. This week, state media warned of "incessant rains" further west, around the Irrawaddy river delta. It urged people to take the "necessary preventative measures".

The weather has also affected the Philippines, where the government-run Philippines News Agency reported that up to 100,000 people had been forced out of their homes on the island of Mindanao.

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