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More than 40,000 people have been affected by flooding from July 30 to Aug. 7 following the breach of the Ngawun River embankment in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region, a spokesperson for the president's office said, citing the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.
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