Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Tragedy at ngwe saung beach

21 years old man drawned by rip current in famous Myanmar beach, ngwe saung, 140 miles away from Yangon,at january 2.
Mg Mg kyaw,Burmese citizen, 21 years old and other two girls were swimming in at ngwe saung beach that in front of the Myanmar treasure resort hotel before check in .after a few minutes latter rip current took him away from the beach eyewitness said.
It was January 2 ,11 pm .After extensive search ,Hotel rescue team found Mg Mg kyaw near the Olympic hotel that is a little bit far from the place that he disappeared .
He is already dead when he arrive the Bay of Bengal resort hotel clinic.
Ngwe saung police chief confirmed that it appears that the man was swept out to the sea by the rip current before getting into difficulty and disappearing.
He said mostly rip current occurs at beach after monsoon season, like October, it is very rare to happen in this month. May be because of climate change he added.
Ngwe Saung is also on the western coast of Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal, nearly directly west of Yangon and a bit south of Ngapali. It has become popular with tourists in just the last two or three years and the quality of the beach, sand and water is comparable to Ngapali Beach.

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