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Wind and rain in Myanmar's Kyanktaw as tropical Cyclone Mocha forecast to make landfall in hours. 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 ++
Men, women, and children work together to reinforce a makeshift dam in the southwestern Bangladesh city of Khulna as cyclone Amphan barrels toward the coast. Forecasters warned of a potentially deadly storm surge as authorities scrambled to evacuate low lying areas in Amphan's projected trail of destruction. It is only the second "super cyclone" to form over the Bay of Bengal since records began. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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