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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Deadly storm compounds need for aid in myanmar - Caught on Camera

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WASHINGTON — One week after deadly Cyclone Mocha, Rohingya survivors are desperate for help. Residents at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) told VOA that the storm made hundreds of Rohingya refugees “disappear.”

The Category 4 cyclone destroyed bridges, power lines, and huts in refugee camps and towns in Rakhine state, home to over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims, of whom nearly 150,000 are currently living in camps outside of the state’s capital, Sittwe.

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