News Monitor
Myanmar is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis as it struggles to recover from the impact of Typhoon Yagi, which caused flooding and landslides affecting over 1.1 million people across 70 townships.
âThere are 6,000 reminders that the international community is failing the people of Myanmar. It is time for a change, starting with moving this disaster out of the shadows of international attention."
"Escalating conflict and climate shocks are putting children and families at unprecedented risk. Over 3.4 million people have been displaced across the country, nearly 40% of whom are children."
Without urgent action, 95% of the population will regress into survival mode amid a drastic cut in domestic production, skyrocketing prices, widespread unemployment, and heightened insecurity.
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees need urgent access to food, shelter and medical attention after enduring the worst violence against their communities since 2017, Amnesty International said.
The floods have caused widespread devastation, submerging thousands of crops, farmlands and livestock, leading to substantial losses in the livelihoods of affected communities.
The latest surge of storms has impacted countless people, pushing vulnerable communities into desperation. WFP is combining rapid assistance with longer-term development support.
WFP will provide a one-month ration of emergency food, including rice, fortified biscuits, and nutrition products to up to half a million flood-affected people, ensuring immediate food needs are met.
âAccording to reports, five airstrikes in Shan State, Chin State and Magway Region in 5-6 September killed 24 civilians, including at least 10 children and injuring at least eight children
Deadly attacks continue to intensify in Rakhine State with a surge in casualties and displacement and reports of increasing numbers of people seeking shelter and protection in Bangladesh.
Humanitarian access in Rakhine has become extremely challenging. Critical services are jeopardised, exacerbated by electricity, telecommunications and internet blackouts since January.
Increasingly, civilians fleeing Maungdaw and Lashio are being killed. The humanitarian community strongly condemns the escalation of violence and demands protection for all civilians.
âThis flood comes at a time when food insecurity in Myanmar is at an emergency level. With more than 13 million people grappling with food insecurity, the floods only exacerbate their vulnerability.â
âThis flood comes at a time when food insecurity in Myanmar is at an emergency level. With more than 13 million people grappling with food insecurity, the floods only exacerbate their vulnerability.â
MSF teams, while maintaining minimum level of activities in some townships in the central part of Rakhine, struggle with severe access restrictions, and the consequences of violent conflict.
The extreme escalation of conflict, indiscriminate violence and severe restrictions on access in northern Rakhine have forced MSF to suspend activities in Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw.
âOnce again, the world seems to be failing a desperate people in their hour of peril while a hate-driven unnatural disaster unfolds in real time in Myanmarâs Rakhine State,â said Tom Andrews.