Looks like Cyclone Roanu, which wrought havoc in neighboring Bangladesh, has passed over Myanmar without doing much damage.
The first major storm of the season reportedly caused landslides in Chin State, destroying 19km of pipeline, over the weekend but the Emergency Operations Center in Naypyitaw says there were no casualties.
“We’re still waiting to collect enough information from the affected states, but at this stage there is little to report,” Win Htein Kyaw, Director of the Union EOC told the Global New Light of Myanmar.
Chin state residents told the paper that moderate winds had passed by Sunday morning, when the sun came out.
In Rakhine state, the Relief and Resettlement Department reported no damage or landslides.
Resident Maung Win Thein said the winds weren’t “that bad.”
“The internet slowed down so we had to rely on information from our radios, but the storm wasn’t bad. Everyone was well prepared before hand so there hasn’t been any distribution of food aid,” he was quoted as saying.
The storm, which has now been downgraded to a depression, was set to pass over Kachin state on Monday.
Bangladesh appears to have suffered the worst of the cyclone, leaving thousands homeless and at least 20 dead.
