Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, thousands driven from homes
- 30-Aug-2018
SWAR CREEK DAM, Myanmar: As many as 85 villages were flooded in Myanmar after a dam failed, unleashing waters that blocked a major highway and forced more than 63,000 people from their homes, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday. The disaster spotlights safety concerns about dams in Southeast Asia after last month’s collapse of a […]