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Death toll from Thai, Myanmar floods reaches 127

Death toll from Thai, Myanmar floods reaches 127The death toll from severe flooding in Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar reached 127 as Thai weather authorities warned on Friday of more heavy rains over the weekend in the country's south.
At least 108 people have died in Thailand since severe flooding began in late August in the country's central and northern provinces, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The death toll soared overnight after the ministry confirmed that 25 people reported dead earlier were confirmed to be flood victims.
The water that inundated northern Thailand was slowly working its way south, but 16 central provinces were still suffering from the floods, the ministry said.
At its peak earlier in the month, the flooding, triggered by heavy rains from Typhoon Xangsane, affected 46 of the nation's 76 provinces.
In neighbouring Myanmar, 19 people died in floods across central and eastern parts of the country, but in most places there, the water has already subsided.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2006