The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has risen to more than 220, with nearly 80 others still missing
The storm swept through northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar in early September and has killed more than 500 people across the region so far
It triggered severe floods and mudslides in Myanmar, leaving at least 226 dead as whole villages were wrecked.
With hundreds of thousands of acres of crops destroyed, the UN also warned that more than half a million people in the war-torn country are in urgent need of food as well as drinking water, shelter and clothes.
A civil war has engulfed the country since early 2021, when the army sized power after ousting the democratically-elected government.
Since then thousands have been killed and millions forced from their homes as various armed resistance groups battle the ruling military junta.
