Floods in Myanmar that is on Sunday (9 August), Close to one million people have been affected and more than 100 died. In Myanmar and many low-lying areas in the southwestern delta still inundated. Floods from a heavy monsoon season have cut through swathes of South and Southeast Asia in recent weeks, claiming hundreds of  lives and displacing millions. Two of the rivers receded a bit but could breach their banks again, reported local state-run media.

Most of the casualties have been reported from the Irrawaddy Delta,said Phyu Lei Lei Tun, director of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Responding to the country’s appeal for aid, many nations and international organisations are rushing food and water to the region. The majority of people living here are impoverished.

Myanmar floods: International help is on its way

The delta where many rivers meet on way to the sea has seen the floods submergepaddy fields and homes, reports AP.Rice crop has been destroyed on 100,000 acres, according to the agriculture ministry. It is here – in a desperately poor region known as the Rice Bowl – that several mighty rivers meet before feeding into the sea. The
government has been accused of responding slowly to the crisis.

However, unlike in 2008 during Cyclone Nargis when it refused outside help, this time around the government has sought international aid. The United Nations pledged $9m (£6m) in assistance this past week and its agencies were scaling up their emergency response. Affected people have been displaced to various areas, while others are unwilling to leave their homes, are living in houses that have been inundated by water.

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In recent days fears have grown for rising waters in the the more downstream areas. In that some areas are Irrawaddy basin and its delta, two key agricultural areas close to the commercial hub Yangon. These areas have caused river banks to burst, swallowing up rice paddies and homes.

Myanmar flood: Nearly 1 million affected

Recently UN’s World Food Programme has delivered aid to 82,000 people in the worst hit parts of western Myanmar. The monsoon has also left many dead in India and other South Asian nations, and is working to reach 200,000 people. Nearly 200 people lost their lives in India and Pakistan, with millions displaced in the latter.

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The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper Monday gave updated government figures, of “more than 100″ dead and ” nearly milion people affected nationwide by theinundations. More than 1.2 million acres (486,000 hectares) of rice fields are currently under water, with more than 430,000 acres destroyed by the floods, the paper added.

The country runs on civilian government, but critics says its not moving quikly to help those people who are in need.