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    677 Search results for "cyclone"

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Rohingya

    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.

    Arakan Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    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.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News

    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.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    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.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Cyclone Komen weakens, rains continue across Burma

    Cyclone Komen is forecast to weaken over the next 12 hours as it moves into northwestern Burma.

    Breaking Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    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.

    Lead Story News

    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 video

    Video

    Residents return home after cyclone

    Displaced residents start to pack up to return home after they were evacuated due to Cyclone Mahasen.

    News Politics

    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

    Politics

    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

    News Politics

    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

    Environment News

    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

    Elections News Politics

    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

    Environment Health News

    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

    Environment News

    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

    Environment News

    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

    Environment News

    Cyclone Giri flattens coastal towns

    Thousands left homeless in Arakan state with landfall winds thought to be stronger than cyclone Nargis in May 2008

    Media News Uncategorized

    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

    News Politics

    $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

    Environment News Politics

    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

    Environment Health News Politics

    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[…]

    News Politics Uncategorized

    Detained cyclone aid workers released

    Dec 4, 2009 (DVB), Seventeen cyclone relief workers and journalists associated with a Burmese aid organization who were arrested in October have been released from a Rangoon interrogation centre, their[…]

    News Politics

    Calls for release of imprisoned cyclone aid workers

    May 5, 2009 (DVB), Calls for the release of over 20 aid workers who were arrested after assisting in cyclone Nargis relief efforts last year, have been issued by a[…]

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