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Myanmar: Landslide: 2005/09/14
GLIDE: LS-2005-000160-MMR
| Period | 2005/09/14 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Myanmar |
| Event Type | Landslide |
| Outline | As many as 30 people, most of them young pupils, are feared dead in a landslide which buried a primary school in southeastern Myanmar. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
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Reuters AlertNet 2005/09/16
State-owned media in military-ruled Myanmar have not reported the incident, which occurred on Wednesday in Kyaung Kaw, a village around 630 km (390 miles) southeast of Yangon.
Officials at the Relief and Resettlement Department, the government agency that normally oversees disaster operations, said they were not in a position to comment.