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BU MA, MYANMAR (AFP) – The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to at least 81 on Tuesday, according to local leaders, officials and state media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support. Mocha made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 195 kilometres per hour, downing […]

BU MA (AFP) – The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to at least 81 on Tuesday, according to local leaders, officials and state media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support. Mocha made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, […]

Mocha was the most powerful cyclone to hit the area in over a decade, churning up villages and uprooting trees.

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At least 46 people died in the Rakhine state villages of Bu Ma and nearby Khaung Doke Kar, inhabited by the Rohingya minority

Many devastated villages and Rohingya refugee camps in northern Rakhine are still waiting for assistance; over 100 people are still missing in one village alone.

The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to 41 on Tuesday, local leaders told AFP, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support. With winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour, Mocha made landfall on Sunday, downing power pylons and smashing wooden fishing boats to splinters.…

Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres per hour, Mocha made landfall on Sunday

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.

Mocha made landfall Sunday, downing power pylons and smashing wooden fishing boats to splinters