Sunday’s super Cyclone Mocha killed several hundred Rohingya in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, sources say
Sunday's super Cyclone Mocha killed several hundred Rohingya in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, according to multiple Rohingya sources.
The death toll is feared to rise as more information is gathered from other cyclone-ravaged areas in Rakhine, said Ullah, who is the director at the Committee of Islamic & Cultural Heritage of Arakan Rohingya Union.
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