Hanoi (VNA) — Myanmar’s Ministry of Education onOctober 13 announced that a total of 268 schools in Bago region in the south ofthe country were closed due to serious flooding.
According to the ministry, some schools that were lessinundated have been able to reopen while others were still cleaning up thedebris left behind by the floods.
Heavy rain since October 8 hit the Bago region, causing widespreadflooding and disrupted traffic, forcing authorities to evacuate thousands ofpeople. Not only the Bago region, prolonged floods since July have alsoseriously affected nine states and localities in Myanmar including Rakhine,Kachin, Karen, Mon and Chin./.
