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Heavy rains trigger flooding in Myanmar border town. Myanmar: Days of rain have lashed the Myanmar town of Tachileik and triggered flooding that has knocked out power and telephone lines, a resident and local media said on Tuesday (Sep 10), with more rain forecast. AFP images from the town which sits on the border with Thailand showed people riding motorcycles through streets under red-brown waters and residents trying to bail out flooded shops and houses.

"Many people are stuck and my friends are stuck at their offices and cannot leave," Tachileik resident Phoo Phoo, 26, told AFP by phone.
Telephone and electricity lines in the town, home to at least 60,000 people, were down, she said.
"Some houses are already under water. Ground floors and and motorcycles are submerged too."

Images shared on social media showed people sitting on their roof as the waters ran by below them. Just over the border in the northern Thai district of Mae Sai, floodwaters were running through the streets, according to images published by local media. Weather office said more heavy to very heavy rains were likely in the north on Wednesday.
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