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Understanding On Natural Disasters

Myanmar, located in Southeast Asia, is characterized by a tropical climate with three distinct seasons and is prone to various natural disasters, particularly flooding, storms, and earthquakes. The country has a diverse population of over 135 ethnic groups and faces significant risks from multiple hazards, including epidemics and droughts. Its geographic features include mountainous regions and low-lying coastal plains, contributing to its vulnerability to natural disasters.

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Understanding On Natural Disasters

Myanmar, located in Southeast Asia, is characterized by a tropical climate with three distinct seasons and is prone to various natural disasters, particularly flooding, storms, and earthquakes. The country has a diverse population of over 135 ethnic groups and faces significant risks from multiple hazards, including epidemics and droughts. Its geographic features include mountainous regions and low-lying coastal plains, contributing to its vulnerability to natural disasters.

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Understanding on

Natural Disasters
• Myanmar is at an historic stage, formerly known as "Burma" has existed
for centuries.
• Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of
Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Climate3
• Myanmar’s climate is largely tropical with three seasons: the
monsoon/rainy season (May-October), cool season (November –
February), and hot season (March-April).
• Rainfall during the monsoon season totals more than 500 cm in upper
Myanmar and over 250 cm in lower Myanmar and Yangon while
Central Myanmar and Mandalay receive about 76 cm each.
• Approximately half of total number of disasters in the country are caused by
flooding, followed by storms (23 percent), earthquakes (15 percent) and
mass soil movement (12 percent) (JICA, 2015).
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (henceforth, Myanmar) is a country
located in Southeast Asia, sharing borders with Bangladesh, India, China, Laos
and Thailand, facing the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in the south and
southwest. The country’s total land area is 676,590 square kilometres,
characterized by hilly and mountainous topography (FAO, 2011). The area is
generally divided into five regions: the northern mountains, the western ranges,
eastern plateau, the central basin and its lowlands as well as the low-lying
coastal plains (Aung-Thwin, et al., 2019). In terms of climate, Myanmar is
located in the tropical region, experiencing high temperatures, humidity and
copious annual rainfall (depending on the monsoon conditions, altitude and
location).
• Myanmar is exposed to multiple hazards, especially epidemics, floods,
drought, and earthquakes, facing extreme mortality risk from
earthquakes.
• Myanmar is ethnically diverse with more than 135 ethnic groups
represented within the total population. The largest city in Myanmar is
Yangon and the capital of Myanmar is Naypyitaw. The predominately
spoken language in Myanmar is Burmese and 89 percent of the
population is Buddhist.
Hazard Profile of Myanmar
Myanmar is prone to almost all types of hazards, which include fire, forest
fire, earthquake, strong wind/ cyclone, storm surge, tsunami, landslide,
floods, drought and industrial/ technological hazard.
Earthquake
Fire
Landslide
Flood
Strom
Drought

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