Myanmar says 12 dead, 132,000 forced from homes by floods

A report says flooding in Myanmar has killed 12 people and forced more than 132,000 others to take shelter at nearly 300 temporary camps.

The state newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar cited the National Natural Disaster Management Committee as saying the highest death toll was in Bago Regio north of Yangon, where four people died and more than 94,000 others took refuge in 186 camps.

Seasonal heavy rains have caused serious flooding in other Southeast Asian nations as well. A dam at a hydroelectric project in Laos was breached last week, uprooting thousands of people from their homes. Official figures on the number of dead ranged from 11 to 27, with more than 100 still missing.