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Floods brought on by Typhoon Yagi have killed at least 226 people in Myanmar, state media have reported.

The death toll could rise with several dozen people missing, state media said on Tuesday. Yogi, which swept across the region over the past week or so, battered the central provinces of the conflict-torn Southeast Asian country.

About a third of Myanmar’s 55 million people are already in need of humanitarian aid amid a conflict triggered by a coup in February 2021 in which the military unseated the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

The areas hardest hit by the flooding include the capital, Naypyidaw, the second largest city Mandalay, and parts of Shan state, a sprawling province that has seen heavy fighting in recent months.

“A total of 388 relief camps were opened in nine regions and states, and the well-wishers donated drinking water, food and clothes,” reported the Global New Light of Myanmar, the newspaper of the military government.

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