Over 500 residents of Kachin State displaced by flooding; Eight ‘killed’ in Shan State fighting between ethnic armies

Over 500 residents of Kachin State displaced by flooding

Over 500 people from five wards in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina Township have to leave their homes as the Irrawaddy River burst its banks on Monday, residents told DVB. The river reached 1,205 cm—five centimeters above the town’s danger level—according to the regime Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.