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Sunday 02 Aug 2015 - 12:52 Makkah mean time-17-10-1436
 Burma, (IINA) - The toll from flash floods and landslides in Myanmar after days of torrential rain is likely to spike, the UN warned on Sunday, as monsoonal downpours brought misery to thousands across the region, AFP reported.
At least 27 people have been killed and more than 150,000 affected by flooding in Myanmar in recent days, with the government declaring the four worst-hit areas in central and western Myanmar as "national disaster-affected regions".
Scores have also perished in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam following floods and landslides triggered by heavy seasonal rains.
The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Sunday it had been informed by the Myanmar government's Relief and Resettlement Department that at least 156,000 people have been affected by the floods.
But that figure was likely to be "significantly higher" because many areas "have still not been reached or reported on by assessment teams," the agency warned.
It is noteworthy that in Pakistan, flooding has killed 81 people and affected almost 300,000 in the last two weeks. Flash floods also in western India have killed 26 people while the Press Trust of India said at least 20 people died over the weekend in a landslide in Manipur state which borders Myanmar.
In Vietnam's Quang Ninh province, 14 people have been killed in flooding while 36 people have perished in landslides in Nepal.
SM/IINA
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