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Southeast Asian countries have established a well-functioning regional structure for disaster relief since the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, evident in their collective responses to the dam collapse in Laos and the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia in 2018, as well as Typhoon Mocha in Myanmar earlier this year.
Christian Pastor Cung Biak Hum was 30 years old when the Myanmar military allegedly shot him dead in Thantlang town of Chin State, Myanmar. He was on his way to help put out the raging fires in houses after an armed encounter between the military and local armed groups in September 2021.
Some areas are at risk of flash floods as heavy rain feeds mountain streams.
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