Thousands die in Burmese floods

Bangkok - Thousands have been killed in widespread flooding across Burma over the past two months, and outbreaks of disease and crop failures could bring even more deaths, aid workers and diplomats said yesterday. The unusually heavy monsoon rains since late May have resulted in many thousands of deaths, with whole towns being inundated or wiped out in landslides, the sources said. They said one to two million people had been affected by the floods.