In Myanmar - the most at-risk country in Asia-Pacific in terms of natural hazards - medium to large-scale floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides or tsunamis occur every couple of years.
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Race for roofs as rains start in Rakhine state
The state government and UNHCR are building temporary shelters for 70,000 displaced people. Made of locally-sourced bamboo and wood, each shelter can house eight families.
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Expected low death toll after Mahasen proves disaster preparedness pays
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.
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Cyclone Mahasen could threaten 8.2 million people
The highest impact, surge and rainfall predictions are for the Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar areas of Bangladesh but there are serious concerns for more than 140,000 IDPs in Myanmar's Rakhine State.