KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore in Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday (May 14), uprooting trees, scattering flimsy homes in Rohingya displacement camps and bringing a storm surge into low-lying areas. Packing winds of up to 195kmh, Mocha hit between Cox's Bazar, home to nearly on
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore in Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday , uprooting trees, scattering flimsy homes in Rohingya displacement camps and bringing a storm surge into low-lying areas.
The wind ripped apart homes made of tarpaulin and bamboo at one camp for displaced Rohingya at Kyaukphyu in Myanmar's Rakhine state."We are now going to check whether sea water is increasing to our place ... if the seawater rises, our camp can be flooded," Khin Shwe said. Rescue workers help an elderly woman to reach a makeshift shelter after a storm in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
"We are not OK because we didn't bring food and other things to cook," said Maung Win, 57, who spent the night in a shelter in Kyauktaw town further inland."We can only wait to get food from people's donations." The camps are generally slightly inland but most of them are built on hillsides, exposing them to the threat of landslides."The wind started about 8.30 this morning and it's getting stronger," a Rohingya community leader in the Kyaukphyu displacement camp told AFP.
"We asked the administrators many times that everyone should be evacuated to a safe place in mainland Teknaf town. But no action was taken."
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