40 missing in Myanmar floods

2010-06-16 17:30:00
Flash floods in Myanmar have left about 40 people missing in an area near the border with Bangladesh, an official in the military-ruled country said Wednesday.
"The water level rose because of torrential rain," the official, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
"About 40 people were missing and about 2,000 people were relocated to nearby schools because of the flood in Maungdaw town in Rakhine State," he said.
Across the border in southeastern Bangladesh, at least 55 people have been killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides, according to police there.
Landslides caused by heavy rains are common in Bangladesh's southeastern hill districts where thousands of poor people live on deforested hill slopes.Rest of your post