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Twelve million people in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta face serious long-term health risks from the harmful substance, arsenic, in their drinking water. The study, led by the University of Portsmouth, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: Ayeyarwady River and Myanmar Economy
WWF report on risks and opportunities from perspective of people living and working in the basin Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River is both unique and special. It is one of the largest free-flowing rivers in ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: Over 6,700 evacuated in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region after embankment breach
Rescuers evacuate residents in Laymyethna township in Ayeyarwady region, Myanmar, Aug. 1, 2026. A total of 6,747 people from 1,333 households have been evacuated after the Ngawun River embankment ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: Myanmar issues food safety advisory for badly flood-affected areas
Rescuers attempting to mend a breach of the Ngawun River embankment in Laymyethna township in Ayeyarwady region, Myanmar. More than 40,000 people have been affected by flooding from July 30 to Aug. 7 ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: A baffling Myanmar pit viper looks like two species at once, but DNA confirms the Ayeyarwady is its own line
A green pit viper collected from the lowlands of southern Myanmar has confounded herpetologists for years because its body scales and color pattern sit squarely between two well-known species.
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: “Baffling” new snake species in Myanmar looks like multiple species at once
Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new species of pit viper in Myanmar that seems to blur the very definition of what a species is. This snake, now named the Ayeyarwady pit viper, puzzled ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: Forced recruitment underway in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region
Junta authorities in southwestern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region are compiling lists of draft-eligible residents amid a roll-out of the country’s conscription law, sources told RFA Burmese. On Feb. 10, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: Junta sentences 7 men to death in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region
Myanmar’s military regime sentenced seven men in Ayeyarwady region to death, Pyapon township residents told Radio Free Asia over the weekend. Pyapon District Court issued the sentences on Friday, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Events: At least 30,000 affected by Myanmar floods as conflict, crop losses threaten food security
At least 30,000 residents in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region are grappling with severe flooding as armed conflict, fuel shortages and crop losses deepen threats to livelihoods and food security. At the ...