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Houses Flattened, Roads Cut Off: 145 Killed As Cyclone Mocha Hits Myanmar
At least 800,000 people in Myanmar need emergency food aid and other assistance after Cyclone Mocha slammed into the conflict-torn country earlier this week, the United Nations said Friday.
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Cyclone Mocha: India Launches 'Operation Karuna' To Provide Aid To Myanmar
India launched "Operation Karuna" to provide humanitarian assistance for people in Myanmar, which is affected by Cyclone Mocha, and three ships carrying relief material reached Yangon today.
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Cyclone Mocha Death Count Rises To 60 In Myanmar
The death count in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support.
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Satellite Images Show Scale Of Damage In Myanmar In Wake Of Cyclone Mocha
Cyclone Mocha: Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar were cut off from contact after a deadly cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Myanmar Port City Cut Off In Cyclone Mocha Aftermath
Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Cyclone Mocha Floods Myanmar Port City, Spares Major Refugee Camps
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
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Cyclone Mocha Intensifies, US Typhoon War Room Predicts 250 Km/Hour Winds
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
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Thousands Flee As Powerful Cyclone Mocha Approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.
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Explained: What Makes Tropical Cyclones So Dangerous
Five facts about tropical cyclones and storm surges ahead of powerful Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh on Sunday.
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Bangladesh Evacuations Ahead Of "Very Severe" Cyclone Mocha
Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from "risky areas" to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the most powerful cyclone in nearly two decades barrelled towards the country and neighbouring Myanmar, officials said.
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Cyclone Mocha Heads For Myanmar, Bangladesh. Evacuation Ordered
Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas on Thursday as the Bay of Bengal's first cyclone of the year approached.
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Deep Depression Over Bay Of Bengal Intensifies Into Cyclonic Storm 'Mocha'
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm -- Mocha -- overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning.
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Deep Depression In Andaman Sea Unlikely To Become Cyclonic Storm: Forecast
The deep depression over north Andaman Sea is unlikely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and is expected to cross the south Myanmar coast at Thandwe with relatively less ferocity than expected earlier, the weather department said today.
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Cyclone Asani To Form Over Bay Of Bengal Next Week: Weather Department
A low pressure area brewing over southwest Indian Ocean is expected to intensify into a cyclone by early next week with forecasts suggesting that it may move towards Bangladesh and adjoining north Myanmar, the weather office said on Wednesday.
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Cyclone Mora Brings Destruction To Myanmar 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 Myanmar.
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Houses Flattened, Roads Cut Off: 145 Killed As Cyclone Mocha Hits Myanmar
At least 800,000 people in Myanmar need emergency food aid and other assistance after Cyclone Mocha slammed into the conflict-torn country earlier this week, the United Nations said Friday.
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Cyclone Mocha: India Launches 'Operation Karuna' To Provide Aid To Myanmar
India launched "Operation Karuna" to provide humanitarian assistance for people in Myanmar, which is affected by Cyclone Mocha, and three ships carrying relief material reached Yangon today.
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Cyclone Mocha Death Count Rises To 60 In Myanmar
The death count in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support.
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Satellite Images Show Scale Of Damage In Myanmar In Wake Of Cyclone Mocha
Cyclone Mocha: Tens of thousands of people in Myanmar were cut off from contact after a deadly cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Myanmar Port City Cut Off In Cyclone Mocha Aftermath
Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Cyclone Mocha Floods Myanmar Port City, Spares Major Refugee Camps
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
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Cyclone Mocha Intensifies, US Typhoon War Room Predicts 250 Km/Hour Winds
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
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Thousands Flee As Powerful Cyclone Mocha Approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.
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Explained: What Makes Tropical Cyclones So Dangerous
Five facts about tropical cyclones and storm surges ahead of powerful Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh on Sunday.
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Bangladesh Evacuations Ahead Of "Very Severe" Cyclone Mocha
Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from "risky areas" to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the most powerful cyclone in nearly two decades barrelled towards the country and neighbouring Myanmar, officials said.
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Cyclone Mocha Heads For Myanmar, Bangladesh. Evacuation Ordered
Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas on Thursday as the Bay of Bengal's first cyclone of the year approached.
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Deep Depression Over Bay Of Bengal Intensifies Into Cyclonic Storm 'Mocha'
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm -- Mocha -- overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning.
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Deep Depression In Andaman Sea Unlikely To Become Cyclonic Storm: Forecast
The deep depression over north Andaman Sea is unlikely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and is expected to cross the south Myanmar coast at Thandwe with relatively less ferocity than expected earlier, the weather department said today.
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Cyclone Asani To Form Over Bay Of Bengal Next Week: Weather Department
A low pressure area brewing over southwest Indian Ocean is expected to intensify into a cyclone by early next week with forecasts suggesting that it may move towards Bangladesh and adjoining north Myanmar, the weather office said on Wednesday.
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Cyclone Mora Brings Destruction To Myanmar 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 Myanmar.
