Myanmar's official death toll from Typhoon Yagi hits 113, with that number expected to rise.
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00:00In rural Myanmar, retreating floodwaters leave muddy fields scattered with destruction.
00:05Typhoon Yagi shredded through a big chunk of Southeast Asia,
00:08but for this country, pounded by years of civil war, it's an especially hard blow.
00:13The death toll here alone is officially 113,
00:16and with roads and communications out, this could rise.
00:20At the Yado camp for internally displaced people,
00:22there was little neighbors could do for each other as the waters rose.
00:30When the floodwaters came in,
00:33we couldn't do anything,
00:38so we had to leave our homes.
00:42We didn't have a place to stay,
00:45so we had to leave our homes.
00:50We had no place to stay,
00:53so we had to leave our homes.
00:59Now, large numbers of people the war hadn't displaced are headed to camps too.
01:03The country's ruling junta says over 300,000 are already in these temporary relief camps.
01:09Belto, a resident of the Yado camp for displaced people,
01:12was lucky to escape the flooding with his life.
01:14But though he's lost nearly everything,
01:16he still feels for those who are now starting their own uncertain journey to camps like his.
01:21When the floodwaters came in,
01:26we had no place to stay,
01:29so we had to leave our homes.
01:32We had no place to stay,
01:35so we had to leave our homes.
01:38We had no place to stay,
01:41so we had to leave our homes.
01:44We had no place to stay,
01:48so we had to leave our homes.
01:51The devastation is so thorough that the country's military rulers,
01:54who once shunned foreign aid, are now seeking it out.
01:57India has already answered the call.
01:59But with infrastructure out,
02:01and water still at unsafe levels in some places,
02:04it's a question of how fast this help can get to those who need it.
02:08Chris Ma and John Ventriest for Taiwan Plus.