Due to heavy rainfall and river erosion in Laymyethna Township, Ayeyawady Region, on the evening of 30 July, water overflowed from the Ngawun Dam, causing flooding in five urban wards and 121 surrounding villages in Laymyethna Township, 37 villages in Hinthada Township, two urban wards and 19 surrounding villages in Yekyi Township, two urban wards in Ngathainggyoung and six villages in Kyonpyaw Township, affecting a total of nine urban wards and 183 villages.
Tatmadaw personnel from the South-West Command, members of the Myanmar Police Force, firefighters, social rescue groups, charitable organizations and local ethnic groups are jointly conducting search and rescue operations for flood victims while providing food and necessary healthcare. To control and protect the water inlet from the Ngawun embankment, geobags are being placed, sandbags are being filled into floating docks, and steel sheet piles are being driven.
In addition, Tatmadaw personnel, members of the Myanmar Police Force, firefighters and charitable organizations are jointly cleaning schools and roads in areas where floodwaters have receded. Officials from the South-West Command are coordinating the necessary measures.
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