WFP Myanmar and Bangladesh Situation Report, Cyclone Mocha (22 May 2023)

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"Highlights In Myanmar, WFP has reached 36,000 people across Rakhine State through emergency food and cash distributions, including 5,000 people who received their regular monthly assistance. In Bangladesh, since the onset of Cyclone Mocha, WFP has reached more than 6,200 refugees with hot meals and fortified biscuits in Cox’s Bazar since 13 May, and more than 5,500 refugees with fortified biscuits in Bhasan Char on 14 May. WFP reaches cyclone-affected households in Rakhine State with food. Situation Update • A week since Cyclone Mocha - the strongest ever cyclone to strike Myanmar - made landfall, the scope of its destruction has become clearer. According to OCHA, Sittwe and Rathedaung townships are hardest hit in Rakhine State. The cyclone significantly damaged shelters in all communities in these areas. In Rathedaung, all rural health centres, hospitals, and public schools have been destroyed. • WFP estimates that at least 800,000 people are in urgent need of food assistance in Rakhine State, of whom 360,000 are existing beneficiaries and 440,000 are new beneficiaries affected by the cyclone. • The destruction of public infrastructure and disruption to water systems limit access to clean drinking water. Cases of diarrhoea outbreaks, especially among children, have been reported. • The field-level logistics sector coordination mechanism has been established in Sittwe, with WFP as chair and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as co-chair..."

Source/publisher: 

World Food Programme (Rome) via reliefweb (New York)

Date of Publication: 

2023-05-22

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2023-05-22

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Myanmar

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English

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