A woman wades through a flooded area in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet Township on August 10. (AFP)

Monsoon rains submerge villages, fields in Myanmar

Severe monsoon flooding has swamped villages and paddy fields in central Myanmar, forcing people out of their homes including those already displaced by war, an Agence France-Presse reporter and the United Nations said.

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