A military strike on the village of Mung Lai Hkyet in Kachin State, that includes camps for displaced people took place at 11.00 pm of 9 October. Twenty-nine people were killed, including 10 children, and 56 people wounded.
As of 25 September there are 1,968,200 Internally Displaced People, IDPs in Myanmar of which 1,662,000 were displaced after 1 February 2021, and 1,031,600 are in Magway and Sagaing. Military raids in Pale and Ye-U in Sagaing State on 6 October caused the displacement of approximately 20,000 new IDPs.
Heavy rainfall has been affecting southern Myanmar since 8 October, causing widespread floods and resulting in casualties and damage.
According to ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) and media, as of 9 October due to floods more than 12,155 people have been internally displaced, of whom 12,000 in Bago Township of Bago Region, 100 in Taikkyi Township of Yangon Region and 55 in Kyaikhto Township of Mon State due to floods. Moreover, almost 2,839 houses have been affected. For the next 24 hours, more rainfall is forecast over the affected regions.