This is the third stilt house in Rodanthe to collapse ... Swimmers are warned to stay out of the water near the house as dangerous debris could still be present. The first house that collapsed ...

Before the outbreak of civil war in 2021, the lake, less than 40 kilometres south of the city of Taunggyi, was a well-known tourist destination, with hundreds of stilt houses along the lakeshore.

with domestic layouts similar to modern homes, meals of "honey-glazed venison" and clothes of fine flax linen, and even a recycling bin. The settlement-on-stilts also contained a stack of spears ...