Residents negotiate a flooded road after rampaging waters from Swar Chaung dam submerged villages in Bago region, central Myanmar. A large-scale rescue effort marches on into a second day to reach thousands of people stranded in their homes in Central Myanmar after a dam swollen by monsoon rain left the region inundated.
Swar Chaung dam’s spillway structure, which regulates the release of water from the levee, broke due to heavy seasonal rainfall in Bago region on August 29, inundating about 100 villages and blocking the country’s biggest highway, a government official said.
Residents negotiate a flooded road after rampaging waters from Swar Chaung dam submerged villages in Bago region, central Myanmar on August 29, 2018. (Photo by Thet AUNG / AFP)Residents negotiate a flooded road after rampaging waters from Swar Chaung dam submerged villages in Bago region, central Myanmar on August 29, 2018. (Photo by Thet AUNG / AFP)Farmers evacuate water buffalo on a flooded road after rampaging waters from Swar Chaung dam submerged villages in Bago region, central Myanmar on August 29, 2018. (Photo by Thet AUNG / AFP)Myanmar soldiers use boats during rescue operation in villages devastated by flood waters from Swar Chaung Dam in Swar township, Bago region on August 30, 2018. – A large-scale rescue effort marches on into a second day to reach thousands of people stranded in their homes in Central Myanmar after a dam swollen by monsoon rain left the region inundated. (Photo by YE AUNG THU / AFP)A truck lies damaged by rampaging flood waters from Swar Chaung Dam in Swar township in Bago region on August 30, 2018. – Swar Chaung dam’s spillway structure, which regulates the release of water from the levee, broke due to heavy seasonal rainfall in Bago region on August 29, inundating about 100 villages and blocking the country’s biggest highway, a government official said. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)A resident walks in a village submerged by flood waters from Swar Chaung Dam in Swar township in Bago region on August 30, 2018. – Swar Chaung dam’s spillway structure, which regulates the release of water from the levee, broke due to heavy seasonal rainfall in Bago region on August 29, inundating about 100 villages and blocking the country’s biggest highway, a government official said. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)
