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In Pics: 48,000 Evacuated In Myanmar Floods Are Waiting To Return Home
A baby slept peacefully under a mosquito net oblivious to hundreds of evacuated flood victims lined up for food at a monastery in Myanmar on Saturday, all waiting for water levels to recede before they can return home.
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Five Dead, Over 40,000 Evacuated As Monsoon Floods Hit Myanmar
Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
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Cyclone Mocha Floods Myanmar Port City, Spares Major Refugee Camps
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
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Cyclone Mocha Intensifies, US Typhoon War Room Predicts 250 Km/Hour Winds
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
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Thousands Flee As Powerful Cyclone Mocha Approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh Evacuations Ahead Of "Very Severe" Cyclone Mocha
Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from "risky areas" to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the most powerful cyclone in nearly two decades barrelled towards the country and neighbouring Myanmar, officials said.
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Cyclone Mocha Heads For Myanmar, Bangladesh. Evacuation Ordered
Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas on Thursday as the Bay of Bengal's first cyclone of the year approached.
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Bangladesh Evacuates 10,000 Rohingya After Landslides, Floods
Bangladesh has evacuated 10,000 Rohingya from around refugee camps on the Myanmar border after monsoon landslides and flash floods killed at least 14 people, officials said Wednesday.
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Over 60 Patients Evacuated On Stretchers After Fire In Myanmar Hospital
A fire broke out in a hospital in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon late on Monday, forcing staff to evacuate patients on stretchers and in wheelchairs, rescuers said.
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Cyclone Mora Brings Destruction To Myanmar Refugee Camps In Bangladesh
Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone lashed coastal areas on Tuesday, officials said, causing havoc in refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
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Live: Earthquake At India-Myanmar Border, Strong Tremors In Kolkata, Guwahati
Building were evacuated after a strong earthquake shook Kolkata, Guwahati at 7.30 pm today. The epicenter of the massive quake was India-Myanmar border of 7 magnitude.
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Landslide Kills 17 in Myanmar: Reports
A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more, state media said Tuesday.
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'Volcanic Eruption' on Manipur hill, locals flee to safety
A suspected volcano-like eruption has been reported in a remote village of Manipur near the Indo-Myanmar border which forced locals to evacuate the area, official sources said today.
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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, one killed
A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.
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Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears
Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding.
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In Pics: 48,000 Evacuated In Myanmar Floods Are Waiting To Return Home
A baby slept peacefully under a mosquito net oblivious to hundreds of evacuated flood victims lined up for food at a monastery in Myanmar on Saturday, all waiting for water levels to recede before they can return home.
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Five Dead, Over 40,000 Evacuated As Monsoon Floods Hit Myanmar
Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
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Cyclone Mocha Floods Myanmar Port City, Spares Major Refugee Camps
Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar and Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Mocha making landfall, as authorities and aid agencies scrambled to avert heavy casualties from one of the strongest storms to hit the region in recent years.
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Cyclone Mocha Intensifies, US Typhoon War Room Predicts 250 Km/Hour Winds
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
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Thousands Flee As Powerful Cyclone Mocha Approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh Evacuations Ahead Of "Very Severe" Cyclone Mocha
Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from "risky areas" to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the most powerful cyclone in nearly two decades barrelled towards the country and neighbouring Myanmar, officials said.
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Cyclone Mocha Heads For Myanmar, Bangladesh. Evacuation Ordered
Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas on Thursday as the Bay of Bengal's first cyclone of the year approached.
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Bangladesh Evacuates 10,000 Rohingya After Landslides, Floods
Bangladesh has evacuated 10,000 Rohingya from around refugee camps on the Myanmar border after monsoon landslides and flash floods killed at least 14 people, officials said Wednesday.
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Over 60 Patients Evacuated On Stretchers After Fire In Myanmar Hospital
A fire broke out in a hospital in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon late on Monday, forcing staff to evacuate patients on stretchers and in wheelchairs, rescuers said.
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Cyclone Mora Brings Destruction To Myanmar Refugee Camps In Bangladesh
Bangladesh has evacuated at least 350,000 people as a cyclone lashed coastal areas on Tuesday, officials said, causing havoc in refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
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Live: Earthquake At India-Myanmar Border, Strong Tremors In Kolkata, Guwahati
Building were evacuated after a strong earthquake shook Kolkata, Guwahati at 7.30 pm today. The epicenter of the massive quake was India-Myanmar border of 7 magnitude.
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Landslide Kills 17 in Myanmar: Reports
A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more, state media said Tuesday.
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'Volcanic Eruption' on Manipur hill, locals flee to safety
A suspected volcano-like eruption has been reported in a remote village of Manipur near the Indo-Myanmar border which forced locals to evacuate the area, official sources said today.
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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, one killed
A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.
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Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears
Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding.
