Maung Moe Zaw, also known as Zaw Tun, a sixteen-year-old Khami boy from Maung Ma Chaung Lun Pu Village, died after his home was buried in a landslide.

“One person has died. He’s Zaw Tun (a) Moe Zaw from Lun Pu Village. He died in a landslide on June 14,” said Police Sub-Inspector Tin Maung Win from Ponnagyun Myoma Police Station.

The deceased teenager’s father, U La Pyae Aung, has been taken to Poe Shi Pyin Station Hospital after receiving serious injuries.

Kyein Chaung, Ga Nan Me, and Htaung Laung Pun villages along San Ma Twi Creek and Oo Yin Thar, Pein Hne Taw, Na Gar Mauk, Dat Pa, and Chaw Yay village along Min Ma Creek have been damaged by the flood caused by heavy rain.

“Many houses have been damaged. Seven or eight houses from Oo Yin Thar Village floated away in the water and we couldn’t even find their traces. Five houses floated away in Pein Hne Taw [Village]. There are also many houses that have been damaged even though they didn’t float away,” said Ko Ingar Aung, a Khami social activist who visited the flood-affected area.

Around 300 Khami people have been affected by the flood and they are facing a shortage of food and drinking water.

“The water level rose to ten feet, fifteen feet high so all the drinking ponds have been covered by mud. All the stocked rice floated away. They need emergency assistance. The government provided some assistance, but it’s very low,” said Ko Ingar Aung.

It takes three to four hours to travel from Ponnagyun town to the flood-affected Khami villages and travel difficulties have been preventing aids from reaching the villages.