The storm spared over a million refugees in vulnerable camps in neighbouring Bangladesh. Read more at straitstimes.com.
severely disrupted communications in the impoverished state of Rakhine, a major ethnic armed group and an aid worker said on Monday, making it hard to ascertain the scale of its impact.
“All communication is still down and people are in trouble because all the roofs are gone,” said Mr Khine Thu Kha, a spokesman for the Arakan Army which controls swathes of Rakhine state.Mr Benjamin Small, a consultant with the United Nations Development Programme, said it was hard to understand the scale of destruction because of ruptured communications in Rakhine.
In 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept across parts of Myanmar with winds of 240kmh, killing nearly 140,000 people. “There is significant overlap between the shutdown areas and the cyclone’s path, which is a major concern, as it’s hindering efforts to reach people,” said digital rights activist Htaike Htaike Aung.
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