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UN agency to provide food aid to 435,000 people affected by floods in Myanmar

Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

The World Food Program (WFP) is working to provide emergency food assistance to some 435,000 people in the regions in Myanmar most affected by floods, said a UN spokesperson here Tuesday.

"A one-month supply of rice, chickpeas, cooking oil, salt and, in some cases, a one-week ration of high-energy biscuits is being provided," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a daily briefing.

The WFP is working with the government of Myanmar, other UN agencies and local NGOs regarding the food assistance, he noted. " So far, more than 213,000 people have been reached with food aid."

The deadly flood in Myanmar, triggered by heavy rainfall since June, have affected 13 regions and states across the country, destroying houses, farmland, railway lines, bridges and roads.

The Myanmar government has declared four disaster zones -- Rakhine, Chin, Sagaing and Magway, of which Rakhine state was the worst hit. The severe flooding has affected nearly one million people in the country, according to authorities. Endite