Situation map · Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar · 26–28 September 2026

Floods and landslides in Dawei District

Low over the coast may become a depression 24 posts by Dawei Watch, 26–28 Sep · Geography: MIMU
As of
How the picture grew

From one village on 26 Sep to 75 places by 28 Sep

Each place is counted once, on the day Dawei Watch first named it. Tanintharyi and Palaw are in Myeik District; the other four townships make up Dawei District.

Human toll, Launglon Township

The count rose as rescuers got closer

Access · MIMU spatial analysis

Rescuers reached the north of the peninsula; the south waited

    Beyond the convoy's furthest point

    Lifelines, as of the latest post

    Roads, bridges, power and phones

    What each area's posts say about getting in, getting word out and getting supplies. Blank cells mean the posts say nothing about it, not that it is working.

    Rainfall

    A record 280 mm at Dawei

    Storm build-up, 25–29 Sep

    Three days of rain, piling up

    Running model rainfall at four towns from midnight on 25 Sep. Markers below the chart are the landslides and death reports on the timeline.

    Dawei Watch explainer, 27 Sep

    Why so much rain, and why the hills gave way

      One day's rain against the yardsticks

      Human toll and damage

      Where the posts give numbers

      Every place where Dawei Watch gave a count, with the latest figure. Bars share a scale within each column; words stand in where the posts gave words. Select a row to find it on the map.

      Townships

      Launglon took the dead; Dawei and Thayetchaung took the water

      What the posts say about each township, set against what MIMU records there. Low-lying land is the share of the township below 5 m. Mining is the area of mine sites mapped from 2013–16 imagery.

      Rain is the Open-Meteo model total for 26–28 Sep at the township's main town; Palaw and Yebyu have no model point here.

      Facilities · MIMU spatial analysis

      Schools and hospitals close to reported places

      Red-level villages

      Six villages marked red

      Launglon villages the posts describe as designated red level for floods and landslides, with what was known about each by 28 Sep.

      Sequence of events

      Three days, hour by hour

      When things happened, as the posts tell it; most times are parts of the day, not clock times. A post often reports events from the day before.

      Voices

      “I've never seen anything like it in my life”

      Method, sources and limits

      How this map was made