Cyclone Mocha death toll reaches 145

Devastating: A rohingya woman carrying her baby next to her destroyed house at Basara refugee camp in Sittwe, Myanmar, after Cyclone Mocha swept through the country. — AFP

THE DEATH toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145 in Myanmar, its junta’s information team said yesterday, five days after the devastating storm barrelled through the country.

Cyclone Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometres per hour to Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh on Sunday, collapsing buildings and turning streets into rivers.