Aid agencies in Bangladesh and Myanmar say they are bracing for disaster and have launched a massive emergency plan as a powerful cyclone barrels toward millions of vulnerable people
Cyclone Mocha, which formed in the Bay of Bengal early Thursday, has rapidly intensified in the past 24 hours and is now the equivalent to a category 3 Atlantic hurricane, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Jain said the shelters can only withstand wind speeds of 40 kph and he expects winds from Cyclone Mocha to exceed that. “Low lying areas of the camps are likely to flood rapidly, destroying shelters, facilities such as learning centers, as well as infrastructure such as bridges that have been constructed with bamboo,” he said. The cyclone adds to an already disastrous year for the Rohingya, and without more funds from the international community, Jain said they won’t have enough to rebuild.
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