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Myanmar: Flood: 2007/05/06 Country Information on DRR

Period 2007/05/06
Country or District Myanmar
Event Type Flood
Outline At least five people have died in the main commercial city of military-ruled Myanmar after the heaviest rainfall in at least four decades, state media and government officials said on Sunday.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Reuter AlertNet 2007/05/06
Heavy rains kill five in Myanmar's main city

NASA Earth Observatory 2007/05/08
Dark blue water blanketed the land surrounding the Gulf of Martaban in southern Myanmar when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS) on NASA’s (Terra) satellite captured the top image on May 8, 2007.