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Aid arrives into Myanmar’s Sittwe as floods displaces thousands

  (Reuters) — Aid from local government and non-government agencies arrived at Myanmar’s Sittwe airport on Friday (July 31), after deadly monsoon rains displaced tens of thousands of people, flooded swathes of rice paddy and prompted fears of dams collapsing. The storms and floods have so far killed 21 people, with water levels as high as 2.5 metres in Sagaing and 4.5 metres in western Rakhine state, according to the government, which on Friday declared […]