The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Myanmar (UNOCHA-Myanmar) and the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) ai are working on a fundraising process to mobilize additional resources to scale up ongoing flood response efforts, according to the Flood Situation Report released by the organization on 20 September.

The fundraising effort comes as the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is currently funded at only 27 per cent, resulting in severe underfunding of the response, even after the Emergency Relief Coordinator ai has approved a Central Emergency Response Fund-CERF allocation of US$4 million to help kick-start emergency relief efforts.

The report also indicates that an estimated 887,000 people, including those displaced, have been affected in 65 townships across Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, and eastern and southern Shan states, as well as in the Nay Pyi Taw, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, , and Sagaing regions, ten days after the extensive flash flooding.
According to the report, there have been more than 300 fatalities and nearly 100 injuries, along with widespread destruction to homes, household assets, water sources, and electricity infrastructure. Additionally, roads, bridges, communication networks, schools, public service facilities, religious edifices, crops, and farmlands have been severely damaged or completely collapsed.

Drinking water, food, essential medicines, household kits, clothing, shelter, and lifesaving equipment for emergency preparedness are urgently needed, despite the rapid response efforts continuing in the affected townships, which are delivering support to impacted communities, the report said.

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