Schools shut as river overflows in Myanmar's delta region


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YANGON: A total of 61 schools were closed due to river overflow in Yekyi and Thabaung townships of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region, also known as delta region, the country's official media reports said on Wednesday (July 24).

Of them, 36 basic education schools are in Yekyi township and 25 schools in Thabaung township, and most of them have been closed since July 22 due to Ngawun River overflowing in the townships, the reports said.

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