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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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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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Bangladesh + 1 other
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.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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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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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).

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[Video] Residents return home after cyclone

Displaced residents start to pack up to return home after they were evacuated due to Cyclone Mahasen.

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Myanmar + 3 others
Expected Low Death Toll in Mahasen Vindicates Disaster Preparedness

Some deaths have been reported in Bangladesh, where over a million people were evacuated. The caution was justified: in 1970, Cyclone Bhola killed some 400,000 people, in 2007, Cyclone Sidr killed nearly 4,000.

International Organization for Migration:

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Myanmar + 1 other
Weakened cyclone hits coastline after chaotic evacuations

Rain and strong winds lashed Burma’s northwest coast as the weakened Cyclone Mashasen crossed into Bangladesh on Thursday, killing four people.

Following the Burmese government’s muddled efforts to relocate thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) along the Arakan coastline, it remains unclear if people will begin moving back on Friday or whether they would remain at their current locations.

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Philippines + 1 other
Philippines: Humanitarian Snapshot: Focus on Mindanao (April 2013)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Bangladesh + 1 other
Bangladesh cleans up after killer cyclone

05/17/2013 18:50 GMT

by Shafiq Alam

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, May 17, 2013 (AFP) - Bangladesh and Myanmar cleaned up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked tens of thousands of homes, relieved that the damage was not much worse after the storm weakened as it made landfall.

At least 48 people were either killed by Cyclone Mahasen or while trying to flee its impact, including 31 Muslim Rohingya whose bodies washed up on the shores of Bangladesh after their boat capsized while sailing from Myanmar.

Agence France-Presse:

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Philippines: Humanitarian Bulletin - Issue 16, 18 April – 17 May 2013

Families still live in evacuation centers or ‘tent cities’ and in spontaneous settlements in tents or makeshift emergency shelters. The humanitarian appeal is less than half funded.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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One dead, four missing in east China landslide

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Xinhua

NANCHANG, May 16 (Xinhua) -- One woman has died and another four are missing after a rain-triggered landslide hit a tree farm in east China's Jiangxi Province Thursday morning, local authorities said.

Five female workers were buried in the landslide, which happened between 3 and 4 a.m. at the Wanling tree farm in Da'e township of Xinfeng County, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said in a statement.

As of 2 p.m., rescuers had found one body and were still searching for the missing four, the statement said.

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Relocation of IDPs in Rakhine State in response to Cyclone Mahasen, as of 16 May 2013

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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33 dead, 12 missing in S China storms

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Xinhua

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-three people have died and 12 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain- and hailstorms that have swept south China, the country's civil affairs and disaster reduction authorities said Thursday.

Since Tuesday, rainstorms have triggered flooding and landslides in some places, according to sources with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Committee for Disaster Reduction.

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World Concern Responds after Cyclone Mahasen Hits Bangladesh

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World Concern

May 16, 2013 (Bangladesh) – World Concern is responding with emergency food, and plans for shelter and livelihood assistance, in coastal areas of Bangladesh after towns in the Kalapara municipality were battered by Cyclone Mahasen on Thursday, May 16.

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Riesgo en 28 sitios del valle de Tumbaco

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El Comercio

Son 5 345 las personas que están expuestas a sufrir una emergencia producto de inundaciones o movimientos de tierras en el valle de Tumbaco. Así lo revela un estudio de la Secretaría General de Planificación del Municipio.

De este total, dice el documento, existen 5 215 habitantes que tienen una "susceptibilidad extrema" y de alto riesgo ante algún movimiento de tierra. De igual manera, 130 moradores están dentro del rango de "susceptibilidad moderada" para sufrir una inundación.

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Cyclone Mahasen: Building site shelters Bangladeshi families

Cyclone Mahasen has begun crossing Bangladesh's southern coast, as people pack into evacuation shelters.

Watch the video report on the BBC.