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Indian ship delivers aid for cyclone victims
The humanitarian aid included food, drinking water, clothes and medicine, according to a statement from the Indian embassy.
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Cyclone Mora damaged or destroyed 20,000 houses in Burma
According to the ministry, the highest level of destruction was in Maungdaw, northwestern Arakan State.
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Bangladesh navy searches for 81 fishermen still missing after cyclone
Bangladesh’s navy was searching for 81 fishermen still missing on Thursday after more than 63 were rescued from the Bay of Bengal following a devastating cyclone that killed several people and left thousands homeless.
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For Rohingya in Bangladesh, nowhere to go after cyclone wrecks camps
As Cyclone Mora ripped across the Bangladesh coast a day earlier, scores of Rohingya refugees hunkered down in the ruins of their camps on Wednesday, desperate for relief after a night in the rain.
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Cyclone Mora batters Burma’s west coast
Cyclone Mora wreaked havoc on Burma’s west coast in the early hours of this morning, leaving a trail of destruction across Arakan and Chin states.
Cyclone brings destruction to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone lashed coastal areas on Tuesday, officials said, causing havoc in refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in neighbouring Burma.
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4 killed as Cyclone Maarutha hits Irrawaddy Delta
Four people have been killed and about 60 houses destroyed as storms caused by Cyclone Maarutha wreaked havoc in the Irrawaddy Delta.
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Responders at the ready as Cyclone Maarutha hits Burma
Storm’s path runs between Thandwe and Sittwe. Locals and visitors are warned of high waves, landslides and mudslides, and some 13cm of rainfall by Tuesday.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need shelter as cyclones loom: Red Cross
Tens of thousands of Muslims who have fled violence in northwestern Burma are living in “extremely poor” conditions in neighboring Bangladesh and need better shelter as the country’s cyclone season approaches, the Red Cross says.
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Cyclone Roanu to bring wet weather over the weekend
The cyclone is not expected to hit Burma directly, but will likely cause heavy rainfall in western parts of the country.
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Cyclone Komen weakens, rains continue across Burma
Cyclone Komen is forecast to weaken over the next 12 hours as it moves into northwestern Burma.
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BREAKING: Cyclone warning issued in western Burma
Cyclone Komen is expected to cross Chittagong, Bangladesh, into northwestern Burma on Thursday evening, bringing with it wind speeds of up to 80 miles per hour and torrential rain.
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Cyclone to miss Burma, Met Office says
A depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm, however it is not moving towards the Burmese coastline, the DMH says.
Labutta locals hold Cyclone Nargis remembrance service
Activists and locals in the Irrawaddy delta town of Labutta held a multi-faith prayer on Friday in commemoration of the Cyclone Nargis tragedy which ravaged the delta on this day in 2008, leaving up to 140,000 dead and some 2 million homeless.
Residents return home after cyclone
Displaced residents start to pack up to return home after they were evacuated due to Cyclone Mahasen.
Weakened cyclone hits coastline after chaotic evacuations
Rain and strong winds lashed Burma’s northwest coast as the weakened Cyclone Mashasen crossed into Bangladesh on Thursday, but it remains unclear if people will begin moving back on Friday
Thousands of Rohingya stranded by the sea as cyclone looms
Thousands of displaced Rohingya are still stranded in low-lying areas next to the sea, less than a day before a tropical storm is expected to batter northwestern Burma
Burma begins to move displaced Rohingya as cyclone nears
The Burmese government on Monday morning began to relocate some of the thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims stuck in camps in western Burma, as a tropical cyclone moves closer to battering the conflict-torn region
MPs blocked from cyclone victims
Members of Arakan party told they cannot go on fact-finding mission in Myebon town where 10,000 homes were destroyed last year
Cyclone starves 86,000 of income
After-effects of cyclone Giri continue in western Burma as statistics show that 50 percent of the affected area’s rice paddy is not harvestable
200,000 affected by Arakan cyclone
Estimate of the number made homeless by cyclone Giri also rises as UN issues warning about lack of shelter for victims
No delay on vote in cyclone-hit region
Request made by Arakan party to hold off voting in devastated areas is ignored by junta as figures reveal some 170,000 affected
Post-cyclone dysentery kills 4
Around 200 people in the cyclone-hit Arakan state have fallen ill as reports claim that aid to the worst-hit areas is slow to arrive
Cyclone deaths top 100 as US pledges aid
Around 70,000 remain homeless and 175,000 affected as Washington says it is not sure whether offers of aid have been accepted by junta
Death toll rises on cyclone-hit coast
Around 30 dead or missing in Arakan state as locals complain that international and domestic relief supplies have been slow to arrive
Cyclone Giri flattens coastal towns
Thousands left homeless in Arakan state with landfall winds thought to be stronger than cyclone Nargis in May 2008
Burma cyclone film wins top UK award
Orphans of Burma’s Cyclone, broadcasted on Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary strand last year, receives prestigious One World Media Award
$500m ‘still needed’ for cyclone victims
Two-year anniversary of Burma’s worst recorded natural disaster marked with calls by the UN for a massive increase in funding to victims
ASEAN to hand cyclone relief to junta
Southeast Asia bloc acknowledges that gaps still exist in Nargis aid delivery but will hand control of operations to the Burmese junta in July
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Burma junta ‘worse than cyclone Nargis’
Jan 22, 2010 (DVB), Human rights violations by the ruling junta in Burma have caused more damage than cyclone Nargis, which struck in 2008 and left 140,000 people dead, a[…]
