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Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

Local residents wade through a flooded road near Shwe Maw Taw pagoda in Bago, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 9, 2023. [Courtesy]

Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war.

Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which dumped a colossal deluge of rain when it hit the region last weekend.

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