Facts

• At least five people have died in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha ripped through the Myanmar-Bangladesh coasts on Sunday, destroying hundreds of makeshift Rohingya shelters at the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.^[1]
• The cyclone, which made landfall in Myanmar's Sittwe — capital of Rakhine state — brought wind speeds of over 200kph (125mph), blowing roofs off buildings, uprooting trees, crumpling mobile towers, and cutting off powerlines.^[2]
• As seawater raced through streets into many low-lying areas near the shore, more than 4K of Sittwe's 300K residents were evacuated to other cities.^[3]
• Strong winds also injured over 700 of the approximately 20K people sheltered in monasteries, pagodas, and schools in the city. Volunteers said the shelters in Sittwe were running out of food, as additional residents continued to arrive from the flooded city.^[4]
• Although there haven't yet been any reports of casualties in Bangladesh, nearly 2.5K houses on the island of Saint Martin have been destroyed, leaving thousands homeless.^[5]
• The cyclone is expected to dissipate over northern Myanmar on Monday night, however it's still bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the country. As of Monday morning, rescuers had evacuated about 1K people trapped by 3.6-meter deep seawater along the west coast.^[6]