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Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

We have shifted people living in the low-lying coastal areas of Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas districts to safe shelters. Adequate relief materials have also been sent to these areas, said an official

Nearly 13,000 houses in 57 unions and three municipality areas in Cox's Bazar were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha today.

Locals stay put, nowhere to escape; international agencies and government on their toes  

Dhaka, May 14 (EFE).- Cyclone Mocha began to cross the eastern coast of Bangladesh at a speed of 215 kilometers per hour and is expected to hit northern Myanmar, and the coastal area from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, home to the Kutupalong Rohingya camp with almost 1 million refugees. “The peripheral part of the cyclone …

Cyclone Mocha, an extremely severe cyclone, started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter. The outermost band of Cyclone Mocha reached the coast of Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Sunday morning, Myanmar’s Meteorological Department said on Sunday., World News, Times Now

The Category 5 storm caused flooding in Sittwe, uprooted trees, damaged buildings and downed communications networks; alerts have been issued for Chin, Magwe and Sagaing.

There was no major damage to Rohingya camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar due to the impact of Cyclone Mocha, said District Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Md Mizanur Rahman

U.N. had warned of ‘a nightmare scenario’ in Bay of Bengal region home to crowded refugee camps.

Nearly 13,000 houses in 57 unions and three municipality areas in Cox's Bazar were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha today.