SITTWE (Myanmar) — The death toll from Cyclone Mocha which barrelled through the Bay of Bengal rose on Monday (May 15) as contact was slowly restored to western Myanmar, with 29 people reported dead.
Cyclone Mocha made landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Sittwe carrying winds of up to 195kmh, the biggest storm to hit the Bay of Bengal in more than a decade.
Several others were feared missing from the low-lying tract, home to Rohingya villages and IDP camps, he said. Hundreds of people who had sheltered on higher ground were returning to the city along a road littered with trees, pylons and power cables, AFP correspondents said. Junta-affiliated media reported that the storm had put hundreds of base stations, which connect mobile phones to networks, out of action in Rakhine.The United Nations said communications problems meant it had not yet been able to assess the damage in Rakhine, which has been ravaged by ethnic conflict for years.
"Although the impact of the cyclone could have been much worse, the refugee camps have been severely affected, leaving thousands desperately needing help," the UN said as it made an urgent appeal for aid.
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