라오스에 이어 미얀마 댐도 붕괴 VIDEO: 63,000 Flee Deadly Myanmar Dam Collapse

63,000 Flee Deadly Myanmar Dam Collapse

Olivia Rosane

Aug. 31, 2018


"According to the information we got as of this morning, four people were killed and three went missing during the floods," Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement director Phyu Lei Lei Tun said, according to AFP.


The incident comes little over a month after a dam collapse in Laos killed more than 20 and raises further concerns about the safety of dams in Southeast Asia, Reuters pointed out.


Dried ground of the Swar Chaung dam after water level decreased from the spillway collapse. YE AUNG THU / AFP / Getty Images




 

라오스에 이어 미얀마 댐도 붕괴


최소 2명 실종 6만3천명 긴급대피


라오스에 이어 미얀마에서도 댐이 파손되면서 흘러넘친 물이 마을을 덮치면서 최소 2명이 실종되고 5만명이 긴급대피했다고 로이터 통신 등 외신들이 29일(현지시간) 보도했다.


미얀마 소방당국은 중부지역에 많은 비가 내리면서 스와(Swar) 지역 댐이 범람하고 홍수조절용 배수로가 붕괴됐다고 설명했다.

이번 배수로 붕괴로 14개 마을이 물에 잠기면서 1만 2000가구, 5만 4000여명의 주민이 긴급 대피했다.


또 미얀마 최대도시인 양곤과 만달레이를 잇는 고속도로 교량이 파손되면서 교통이 끊겼다.


파손된 댐은 농지에 물을 공급하기 위한 관개용 댐이다.

미얀마 국영신문인 알린신문에 따르면 미얀마 정부는 댐 파손 며칠 전 댐 안전성에 대한 검사를 마쳤다.

당시 미얀마 정부는 댐 수용력을 초과하지 않기 때문에 걱정할 것이 아무 것도 없다고 인터뷰했다.


로이터 통신은 이번 사건으로 동남아시아 댐 안전성이 문제가 되고 있다고 봤다.

지난달에도 한국 건설사 등이 참여한 라오스 댐이 무너지면서 최소 27명이 죽고 수천명이 집을 잃었다.


미얀마는 올해 7월도 미얀마 중부와 남동부 일대를 덮친 몬순 강우로 31일까지 최소 11명이 숨지고 12만명에 달하는 이재민이 발생한 바 있다.


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Climate change is also projected to increase intense rainfall in Southeast Asia, a 2017 report from the Asian Development Bank found.




The breach occurred in the Swar Chaung dam's spillway at 4 a.m. Wednesday and flooded Swar, Yadeshe and neighboring villages, CNN reported.


Flooding affected at least 85 villages and displaced more than 63,000 people, Reuters reported.


The breach also damaged a bridge on the highway linking the major cities of Yangon and Mandalay and the capital, Naypyitaw, disrupting traffic.


Residents had expressed concerns about the level of water in the dam's reservoir, but officials assured them it was safe just days before the collapse.


Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation official Kaung Myat Thein said that there was no way to predict a spillway collapse, according to Reuters.


 

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"We could not know one day before, one hour before," he said.


Kaung Myat Thein said that the ministry was working to get as much water into the reservoir as possible before the dry season began and would investigate the cause of the breach.




But as the ministry works to recover water for irrigation, some farmers say their fields are flooded beyond easy repair.


Zaw Zaw, a 45-year-old farmer in the village of Oo Yin Hmu, told Reuters it would be years before rice could be planted in the inundated paddy fields of his village.


"All of my farmland is turned into mud now. I don't have land or anything else anymore. I don't know what to do," fellow villager Pan Ei Phyu told Reuters.


Kyaw Kyaw, who represents the affected town of Yadeshe in Bago Division's regional parliament, said that some people were beginning to return home and that the local government was focusing on rehabilitation, CNN reported.


Others were still stranded in flood waters and the military attempted to rescue them Friday, AFP reported.


Phyu Lei Lei Tun said that more than 36,000 people were living in 68 temporary, elevated shelters, according to AFP.

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