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After cyclone, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat

Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the rainy season just weeks away.

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Le microcrédit permet aux petites entreprises de changer la donne du système à Madagascar

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IRIN

TULÉAR, 19 mai 2013 (IRIN) - Justine Sija, 60 ans, commence sa journée à 4 heures du matin ; elle achète des prises aux pêchers locaux avant d’aller les vendre dans les rues du village de St Augustin, dans la région Atsimo-Andrefana au sud de Madagascar. Le travail est dur, mais l’année dernière, l’accès au microcrédit lui a permis de développer son commerce et de croire en l’avenir.

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Humanitarian community commends Bangladesh government for their preparedness on tropical storm Mahasen

Dhaka, 19 May 2013 - While Tropical Storm Mahasen reached the coastline of Bangladesh on Thursday weaker than anticipated, the preparedness work undertaken by the Government and humanitarian partners saved countless lives.

Preliminary assessments from the Government indicate that some 1,280,000 people were affected with 13 lives lost. 10 districts were hit with in the wake of the storm. Early recovery support in terms of restoring livelihoods, shelter and providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene in localized areas is the priority now.

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ShelterBox responds to flooding in Uganda

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ShelterBox

A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) has just landed in Uganda as continuous heavy rains in the western Kasese region have caused the ‘worst flooding since 1976’, according to the country’s authorities and media reports.

Uganda National Rotary alerted ShelterBox Operations department describing the disaster:

‘… Rains have wreaked havoc in Kasese District… at least six people have been killed… thousands of homes washed away, a hospital inundated, and roads made impassable… the immediate needs are shelter, blankets, water filtration…’

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Somalia Food Security Update May 2013

Several thousand hectares of planted area are thought to be inundated by flooding, displacing between 1,000 and 1,500 households, and isolating several villages.

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Islamic Relief statement on Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh

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Islamic Relief

On Thursday 16th May 2013, Cyclone Mahasen hit the coastal district of Patuakhali in Bangladesh. Officials had prepared for the storm before its arrival, evacuating nearly a million people, reducing fatalities to just 14.

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Mozambique floods: gain and loss on the Licungo river

By Maurice Geary, Logistics Advisor, Concern Worldwide

When the rains came in Zambezia Province in central Mozambique, people collected their belongings and left their traditionally built homes behind to head for higher ground. They resettled in scattered pockets, often under very basic shelters constructed from palm leaves held up by stick frames.

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Christian Aid releases £100,000 to help communities affected by Cyclone Mahasen

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Christian Aid

17 May 2013 - Christian Aid is releasing £100,000 emergency funds to partner organisations in Bangladesh to help them distribute food and provide emergency assistance to vulnerable communities hit by Cyclone Mahasen. Nearly 1.3 million people have been affected, 128,000 homes destroyed and 14 people are dead after heavy rain and cyclone-strength rains hit low-lying coastal regions of Bangladesh on Thursday evening.

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UN OCHA Flash Update 7, Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh and Myanmar

After making landfall in Bangladesh and moving forward to the northeast away from Myanmar, Tropical Cyclone Mahasen weakened and dissipated on 17 May. Relevant storm tracking sites stopped tracking the weather system once it moved over northern Bangladesh early on 17 May.

As of midday today, the Government of Bangladesh had reported six deaths, and a limited number of people in flood affected districts were injured. While assessments are ongoing, in light of the potential damage anticipated over the last five days, reported damage to houses has been limited.

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DMIC Situation Report on Cyclonic Storm "MAHASEN" [MAY 17, 2013]

It covers the period from: Thu, 16 May 2013 : 2130 to Thu, 17 May 2013 : 1700

Hazards
1. Cyclone
2. Storm Surge
3. Landslide

Affected Areas: Chittagong, Noakhali, Borguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Pirozpur, Laxmipur, Satkhira

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Bangladesh: Tropical cyclone Information Bulletin n° 2

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IFRC

The situation

According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the depression formed in the Bay of Bengal has turned into cyclonic storm Mahasen on 12 May 2013.

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Uganda: Kasese Floods DREF operation n° MDRUG033

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IFRC

CHF 300,794 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) in delivering immediate assistance to some 6,500 beneficiaries. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

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Cyclone Mahasen: how Burma and Bangladesh prepared – in pictures

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Guardian

As cyclone Mahasen headed towards Burma, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India, local authorities and aid agencies such as World Vision helped to minimise the dangers for people in vulnerable, low-lying areas. The Rohinga Muslim community, many living in camps in Burma's Rakhine state, were particularly at risk. Aid workers helped to evacuate 1 million people to shelters during the storm, which weakened without causing major devastation

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Cyclone Mahasen updates

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MERCY Malaysia

MERCY Malaysia Head of Relief Operation, Hew Cheong Yew is currently in the Rakhine region, assessing the needs of the distressed community, as well as providing basic medical aid

According Hew, he is now working together with the local government as well as other NGOs in the area to serve those who have been relocated due to Cyclone Mahasen to schools and monasteries which are currently being used as evacuation centers

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Thousands of Evacuees Return to IDP Camps, After Cyclone Misses Arakan

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Irrawaddy

SITTWE, Arakan State—Many evacuated Rohingya and Buddhist Arakanese began returning to their camps on Friday, after Cyclone Mahasen had missed Burma a day earlier. Although many Rohingyas were glad to have avoided the storm, some complained that life at the camp sites would continue to be extremely difficult.

By Friday afternoon, most evacuated Rohingyas in northern Arakan State had returned to their old camp sites, said James Munn, a public information officer at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).