Death toll from Myanmar floods rises to 113

Myanmar’s death toll from floods rose to at least 113 as of Saturday (September 14) evening, the country’s military government said on Sunday, following heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi that has caused havoc across parts of Southeast Asia.

At least 320,000 people have been displaced and 64 were still missing, government spokesman Zaw Min Tun said, reports Reuters citing state-run MRTV.

The government is conducting a rescue and rehabilitation missing, he said.

Adverse weather from Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, has killed hundreds of people in Vietnam and Thailand and flood water from swollen have inundated cities in both countries.