Unusual flash floods carrying mud and logs destroyed about 100 acres of paddy fields last Wednesday (September 3) in Nongmong, a small mountainous city in Putao district in Kachin State of northern Burma, local sources said.
 
The flash floods caused by the Kasang River also called Kasang Hka in Kachin and several small streams near Nongmong ravaged the areas in Nongmong, between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time. However, no casualties were reported except plough-buffaloes and wild animals, a resident of Nongmong told KNG today.
 
Mud, sand, stones and logs from the floods have totally covered paddy plants in the fields, which were just beginning to blossom and both paddy plants and fields could not be saved, according to residents of Nongmong.
 
A resident of Nongmong said, "The flood directly causes trouble for owners of paddy fields as well as people in those areas. The people here have no other vocational business except cultivation of rice. "
 
The flash floods destroyed about 100 acres out of over 1000 acres of paddy fields on the left side of Kasang River in that area. People of Nongmong and Htang Htu work in these fields.
 
According to the locals, after ten days of incessant rain, the flash floods occurred bringing with it a mixture of garbage, mud, stones leading to landslides.
 
The residents of Nongmong added, there were over 300 families in Nongmong city and over 30 in Htang Htu village, about a mile apart, and the people in the two areas mainly depend on rice cultivation for their survival.
 
Meanwhile, the activities of data collection and repairing river banks are underway by the joint operation of farmers and people in Nongmong and Htang Htu under the leadership of Burma's ruling junta's City Peace and Development Council (Ma Ya Ka), residents added.
 
A mountain city, Nongmong, is situated 200 miles north of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. All travelling is done by the residents on foot and cars seldom get access to this city.
 
Currently, there have been no rescue and relief missions from Burma's ruling junta and non-governmental organizations, according to residents.