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Cyclone Mocha killed 81 people in Myanmar, more than 100 still missing

By Renu Mishra 
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Dhaka. At least 81 people have died in Myanmar due to Cyclone Mocha till Tuesday. Let us tell you that the category five severe cyclonic storm Mocha hit the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, bringing heavy rains and winds up to 195 kilometers per hour. The wind blew

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Due to the cyclone, some parts of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine province, were also flooded. At least 46 people died in the Rakhine state villages of Bu Ma and nearby Khaung Doke Kar, inhabited by the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Thirteen people were killed when a monastery collapsed in a village in Rathedaung township, north of Rakhine’s capital Sittwe, and a woman died when a building collapsed in a neighboring village.

Carlo, the head of Bu Ma village near Sittwe, said the death toll could rise. More than 100 people are missing now.” Nearby, 66-year-old Aa Bul Hu Son prayed at the grave of his daughter, whose body was recovered on Tuesday morning.

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