Nearly 2,000 households in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State have been evacuated as the Ayeyarwady River overflowed above the danger mark due to heavy rains, according to the Kachin state government on Monday.
There have been no reported fatalities and ongoing rescue operations, a member from the Kachin stated government.
The affected residents have been moved to temporary shelters in 30 schools, churches, and monasteries across the region, he said.