Cyclone Mocha: Before and After*
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Myanmar’s Sittwe University is seen Nov. 12, 2022
and May 18, 2023. Credit: Google Earth
; Planet Labs
Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar’s coast on May 14 with sustained winds reaching over 220 kilometers per hour (137 mph). Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims were killed when the storm tore through western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, according to RFA reporting.
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Villagers gather materials to rebuild in Kyay Taw Paik Seik five days after Cyclone Mocha. (Photo: RFA)
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A view of the few remaining structures in Kyay Taw Paik Seik in the aftermath of the storm. (Photo: RFA)
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Some 130,000 Rohingya have lived for more than a decade in internally displaced persons camps in and around Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine. The camps are poorly funded by the junta and run by volunteer groups.
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The village of Dar Paing Ywar Thit in Myanmar is seen April 14, 2023
and May 21, 2023. Credit: Maxar Technologies
; Planet Labs
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The Dar Paing camp for internally displaced Rohingya in Sittwe was among the hardest hit by Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine state. (Photo: Citizen Journalist)
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Residents of Dar Paing navigate roads flooded by Cyclone Mocha. (Photo: Citizen Journalist)
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Nearly 1 million Rohingya were forced to leave their homes in Rakhine state following a military crackdown against the Muslim-minority in 2017. About 740,000 fled to Bangladesh and live in Cox’s Bazar, also hit hard by Cyclone Mocha.
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The village of Bay Dar in Myanmar is seen Nov. 12, 2022
and May 21, 2023. Cyclone Mocha cut a new inlet, seen on the right side of the photo, allowing the sea to pour in and leaving the village on a peninsula. Credit: Maxar Technologies
; Planet Labs
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Another camp for internally displaced Rohingya in Sittwe known as Bay Dar Rohingya Village also sustained heavy damage from Mocha. (Photo: RFA)
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Wooden dwellings in Bay Dar were reduced to piles of debris by the storm. (Photo: RFA)
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Residents of Bay Dar salvage what they can of their belongings three days after the cyclone made landfall. (Photo: RFA)
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While the death toll was significantly lower in other parts of Sittwe, damage from the storm was substantial. In villages such as Kyay Taw Paik Seik, aid workers say residents are in urgent need of shelters and drinking water, as sea water has mixed in with most of the reservoirs from the flooding that followed the storm.
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The Myanmar village of Aung Pin Lal is seen April 14, 2023
and barely a month later on May 21, 2023. Credit: Maxar Technologies
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Villagers gather materials to rebuild in Kyay Taw Paik Seik five days after Cyclone Mocha. (Photo: RFA)
A view of the few remaining structures in Kyay Taw Paik Seik in the aftermath of the storm. (Photo: RFA)
The Dar Paing camp for internally displaced Rohingya in Sittwe was among the hardest hit by Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine state. (Photo: Citizen Journalist)
Residents of Dar Paing navigate roads flooded by Cyclone Mocha. (Photo: Citizen Journalist)
Another camp for internally displaced Rohingya in Sittwe known as Bay Dar Rohingya Village also sustained heavy damage from Mocha. (Photo: RFA)
Wooden dwellings in Bay Dar were reduced to piles of debris by the storm. (Photo: RFA)
Residents of Bay Dar salvage what they can of their belongings three days after the cyclone made landfall. (Photo: RFA)
