Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Myanmar and Bangladesh coasts - BBC News

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Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Myanmar and Bangladesh coasts - BBC News



Cyclone Mokka arrived with great force. Winds gusting at high speeds. It hit the Bangladesh-Myanmar coastline. As the cyclone intensified, so did the panic. Here in southeast Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands left their homes in coastal areas for shelter. Some even brought their livestock. Janet carried her two-month-old baby from their home on the banks of a river.

Every classroom in the school is absolutely packed with people who have left their homes seeking shelter from the cyclone. There are many mothers with babies, young children, the elderly and the sick. Almost everyone here is from a low-lying coastal area in fishing communities and they are terrified about whether their homes will still be standing once the cyclone passes. But now it's about finding a space to settle here. We met Janet again as she searched for a place to sit with her baby Imran. For her, this cyclone is part of an endless cycle. Last year another cyclone destroyed my house.

We repaired it. But now I fear it is damaged again. How can I live if this keeps happening? I can't afford to rebuild it. We are very poor. Nature was also punishing the poor in the world's largest refugee camp nearby. Hundreds of bamboo shelters damaged by the storm. Rohingya refugees who'd fled persecution in Myanmar more than five years ago already live in miserable conditions.

This cyclone just made things worse. As families return from the shelter, relief that no one was killed in the storm here. Evacuations are credited for saving lives as the extreme weather continues to disrupt them. Rajini Vaidyanaband BBC News, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.



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