Residents return home after cyclone
Displaced residents start to pack up to return home after they were evacuated due to Cyclone Mahasen.
Rohingya won’t leave ahead of storm
Authorities are struggling to evacuate tens of thousands of people from low-lying camps before Cyclone Mahasen reaches the coast.
Thousands of Rohingya stranded by the sea as cyclone looms
Thousands of displaced Rohingya are still stranded in low-lying areas next to the sea, less than a day before a tropical storm is expected to batter northwestern Burma
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In the storm’s path
Thousands of people remain vulnerable in western Burma’s Arakan state as Cyclone Mahasen makes its way closer to the coast.
Relocation of Rohingya continues despite objections from Arakanese locals
Community leaders have quelled protestors attempting to block the relocation of displaced Rohingya as the government evacuates people from temporary shelters before Cyclone Mahasen reaches land
Interview: Rohingya boat tragedy
DVB’s Aye Nai spoke to a Rohingya man from Natchaung Camp in Pauktaw who witnessed the sinking of several boats carrying over 100 Rohingya escaping the path of Cyclone Mahasen[…]
Eight Rohingya dead in boat tragedy in western Burma
At least eight people have died after boats carrying over 100 displaced Rohingya capsized off western Burma’s coast on Monday night, as they attempted to flee ahead of a tropical cyclone
Burma begins to move displaced Rohingya as cyclone nears
The Burmese government on Monday morning began to relocate some of the thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims stuck in camps in western Burma, as a tropical cyclone moves closer to battering the conflict-torn region
