Flood in Myanmar: Hidden Dangers
3/19/202646 min
A charity worker in the mountains of Myanmar is caught in a devastating flood. Joel Hofmann spends his days working with locals, trying to make life here easier if he can. But when a tropical typhoon unleashes destruction on their quiet town, he and his brother will find themselves thrust into mayhem. Doing their best to lend a hand, they’ll face collapsing buildings, hidden hazards and utter confusion. And when the flood cuts off their only route home, the stakes are raised once again…
A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins.
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It's September the eleventh, twenty twenty-four. In the Shan Province of eastern Myanmar, a small mountain town is slowly disappearing beneath a torrent of brown floodwater. The local river, swelled by days of torrential rain, has burst its banks. It now spills outwards, forming an unbridgeable swathe that surges through the town. Buildings, entire streets are swept away, as the ground beneath their concrete foundations dissolves into liquid mud. Trees are uprooted and sucked downstream, branches thrashing like drowning limbs. In the churning mass, bulky items tumble and swirl. Tuk-tuks and motorcycles, brick walls and chain-link fences, items of furniture and household belongings, all are borne along by the fierce current. In the chaos, terrified townspeople seek refuge. Some huddle on the few remaining rooftops still visible above the water. Others shimmy up telephone poles or string together life rafts out of plastic bottles