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Last weekend, the junta issued a rare appeal for foreign aid to help cope with the disaster.
The United Nations has warned that as many as 887,000 people have been affected in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi.
“The most severely affected areas remain in devastation, with widespread destruction to homes, household assets, water sources, and electricity infrastructure,” the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) said Saturday.
“Roads, bridges, communication networks, schools, public service facilities, religious sites, and crops and farmlands have been severely damaged or completely collapsed,” it added.
