Cyclone brings destruction to Myanmar refugee camps in Bangladesh

A part of a flooded highway exit is seen in a village in Matara, Sri Lanka May 29, 2017. Sri Lanka Air Force/Handout via REUTERS

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A cyclone battered refugee camps in Bangladesh on Tuesday where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have taken refuge from violence at home, as authorities moved at least 350,000 Bangladeshis out of harm's way.

Cyclone Mora struck the island of Saint Martin and Teknaf in the coastal Bangladeshi district of Cox’s Bazar, where officials said some 200,000 people were evacuated to shelters. In Chittagong district, about 150,000 people were evacuated.