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Wind and rain in Myanmar's Kyanktaw as tropical Cyclone Mocha forecast to make landfall in hours. IMAGES
Bangladeshis leave their coastal homes for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepares for the expected landfall of Cyclone Remal on Sunday evening. IMAGES
"At least 800,000 people in the path of the cyclone need emergency food assistance" says Anthea Webb, the World Food Programme's deputy director for Asia and the Pacific. Reporting on the impact of Cyclone Mocha five days after the devastating storm barrelled through Myanmar, Webb adds that "greater needs for food, shelter, water, health and other humaniarian aid are expected to be revealed". Earlier on Friday, Myanmar's ruling junta said the death toll had risen to 145 in the country. SOUNDBITE
Bangladeshis clean up their homes after Cyclone Mocha sweeps through, bringing down trees, tin roofs and damaging houses in the most powerful storm to hit the South Asian nation since 2007. Bangladesh authorities say there have been no reports of deaths from the cyclone so far. IMAGES
Heavy rains and winds intensify in Bangladesh's southern-most border town, Teknaf, after Cyclone Mocha hit the South Asian nation and neighbouring Myanmar, packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour. IMAGES ++ COMPLETES WITH VIDI_33F23FD ++
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