Severe cyclones hit coastal areas in Bangladesh and Myanmar Sunday and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter.
started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter.Rakhine state on Sunday morning, and by afternoon the center of the storm was expected to make landfall near Sittwe township, which was under the highest weather alert, Myanmar’s Meteorological Department said Sunday.
More than 4,000 of Sittwe’s 300,000 residents have been evacuated to other cities since Friday and more than 20,000 people are sheltering in sturdy buildings such as monasteries, pagodas and schools located on the city’s highlands, said Tin Nyein Oo, who is helping people in shelters in Sittwe., places where residents believe the storm surge cannot reach, he added.
Strong winds of 25 to 40 miles per hour were blowing in the city, Tin Nyein Oo said on Sunday morning. “The storm has not yet entered, so we don’t have much difficulty. However, there are too many people in the shelters and not enough toilets,” he added. Lin Lin, the chairman of a local charitable foundation, said earlier there was not enough food in the shelters in Sittwe after more people arrived than expected.U.N. agencies and aid workers in Bangladesh prepositioned tons of dry food and dozens of ambulances with mobile medical teams in sprawling refugee camps with more thanBangladesh issued the highest danger signal for Cox’s Bazar, home to the camps.
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