Flooding, landslides kill nearly 60 in Myanmar

18th June 2010

Persistent, heavy rains have left more that 50 dead in Myanmar reports Sky news this morning. And it is not just in Asia that is suffering under extreme weather conditions this month, there has also been fatal flooding in southern France and the US.

YANGON, Myanmar — Days of flooding and landslides caused by monsoon downpours have killed 57 people in northwestern Myanmar, state media reported Friday.

The torrential rain that started Sunday and ended midweek in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state triggered floods and mudslides that washed away homes, damaged schools and bridges, and forced more than 2,000 people to flee, the state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported.

Floodwater levels have receded and relief operations were under way, the report said.

In neighboring Bangladesh, heavy rains killed more than 50 people this week.

Do you think that these weather conditions are down to climate change? Can the increasing amounts of extreme and dangerous weather conditions be attributed to human induced global warming? Or are these tragedies part of the natural cycles of weather? Comment below.

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