"Tropical cyclone MOCHA is moving towards western Myanmar and south-eastern Bangladesh. On 12 May at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located over the sea approximately 520 km west of Diglipur Town (North Andaman Island, eastern India), with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h. MOCHA is expected to strengthen and continue northwest over the next three days, possibly making landfall between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State (Myanmar) on 14-15 May. The exposed of population of Myanmar is approximately 3 million people, with Rakhine State anticipated to be the most affected (200,000 people). The exposed of population of Bangladesh is 784,540 people. Myanmar’s Rakhine State is host to large numbers of Internally Displaced People (IDPs), while Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh is home to 1 million Rohingya refugees. In Myanmar, the national Disaster Management Centre has been activated and people living in low lying areas in Rakhine State have been advised to evacuate, though only limited evacuations are reported from IDP camps. In Bangladesh, the government-led Disaster Management Committee has been activated and preparations in refugee camps ongoing with local authorities and the Bangladesh Army, including pre-positioning of resources and evacuation plans. On the island of Bhasan Char, over Rohingya 28,000 refugees are being prepared to evacuate to 53 cyclone shelters..."