A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm. Cyclone Mocha did not make landfall at the sprawling refugee ...

Myanmar's military leaders have declared Rakhine state a natural disaster area after Cyclone Mocha hit on Sunday, killing at least six people. The cyclone was one of the strongest this century to ...

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At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported Thursday. Communication difficulties in the ...

In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with a storm surge that devastated populated areas around the Irrawaddy River delta. At least 138,000 people died and tens of thousands of homes and other ...

While Bangladesh was spared the worst, Myanmar’s civil conflict is making it difficult for aid to reach those in need. The efforts of the United League of Arakan to aid the survivors of Cyclone ...

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BANGKOK (AP) — An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say.