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At least five people have died and tens of thousands were affected by the powerful Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, according to government-in-exile disaster management minister
At least five people have died and tens of thousands were affected by the powerful Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, according to government-in-exile disaster management minister Win Myat Aye.
Cyclone, equivalent to a Category 5 storm, The scale maximum, which made landfall four hours ago at Sittwe, is now submerged in some areas under two meters of water and winds up to 210 kilometers per hour, the Myanmar Meteorological Department reported citing Channel News Asia.
Myanmar’s military junta and armed resistance groups like the Arakan army have stopped fighting and spent the last few days evacuate about 120,000 Rakhine residents, home to the persecuted Rohingya minority.
One million refugees of this ethnic group They live in the Bangladeshi Cox’s Bazar camp, one of the most crowded in the world, which has already begun to feel the first effects of a cyclone that will approach the area in the coming hours.
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More than 230 thousand people were evacuated. to various shelters in the area by 12 noon Sunday (6:00 GMT), not counting Rohingya refugees, he said. EFE control room officer in the Cox’s Bazar area, Mainuddin Milki.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has lists 40 ambulances and 33 brigades Mobile doctors on standby at Cox’s Bazar.
Landing started off the northwest coast of Myanmar and the small Bangladeshi island of St. Maarten in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
“The storm is in full swing right now. Many houses have been blown up, coconut palms have fallen.. It is also raining with strong winds,” Rashid Ahmed, a resident of the village of Galachipa on the island of St. Maarten in Bangladesh, told EFE by phone.
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“Torrential rains are coming along with storm winds in northern Myanmar and Bangladesh,” IMD said in its latest bulletin.
First images of the Sittwe exhibition houses damaged, streets flooded dragging objects and debris.
Storm “hit the coast of Myanmar and continues to move inland.. Gusty winds are uprooting trees, and damage has already been reported in some areas. The UN and its humanitarian partners are ready to assist the victims,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance in Myanmar said.
The cyclone has a diameter of more than 500 kilometers, and its influence will be felt in many parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to preliminary estimates, is in a state of maximum combat readiness.
(According to information from Europe Press And EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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