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A million people are in danger.. A violent hurricane is heading towards the largest refugee camp in the world

And ‘Mocha’ is the first cyclone to form in the Gulf this year, and is expected to gain strength before making landfall on Sunday, most likely in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state near the border. with Bangladesh.

Authorities in Myanmar and Bangladesh prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people on Friday, while residents were told to stay away from coastal areas as the powerful cyclone moved through the Bay of Bengal.

But there are concerns about the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in 2017, many of whom live in bamboo and canvas shelters on mountain slopes exposed to high winds and potential landslides.

By the numbers

• The Indian Meteorological Department said the cyclone is expected to reach Sunday with winds of 160 kilometers per hour.

• Wind speeds reach 175 kilometers per hour between Kyawkpyo in Myanmar and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.

• Bangladesh is a delta state with a population of over 160 million, prone to natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes.

• Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shaheen Imran said the evacuation of nearly 500,000 people is expected to begin on Saturday, with 576 shelters ready for those who have left their homes along the coast.

• Rajendra Kumar Jinamani, Chief Scientist of India’s Meteorological Service, said: “This is the first cyclone system in the northern Indian Ocean this year. The cyclone is severe and has the potential to affect millions of fishermen and of coastal communities in Myanmar and Bangladesh.”

In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Ayeyarwady district in southwestern Myanmar with a storm surge that devastated populated areas around the Ayeyarwady River delta, killing at least 138,000 people and claiming dozens of thousands of houses and other buildings.

Myanmar authorities have warned of possible floods and landslides in coastal areas, where residents have stocked up on essential supplies, said Hla Tun, director of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

Friday’s edition of the government-run newspaper “Global New Light of Myanmar” published information on the preparations of emergency services in various parts of the country. According to the reports, thousands of people living in towns along the west coast of Rakhine State are being evacuated where the cyclone is expected to pass.

In Bangladesh, control rooms in cyclone-prone areas were ready to provide emergency aid, and Imran said three ports had been put on alert.

He said the government had already allocated dry food, rice and cash, and had organized thousands of volunteers for the relief work under the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.

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