According to Rakhine State, at noon on April 20, 240 houses in two refugee camps in Rakhine State were damaged by strong winds.
Locals said that at noon on April 20, the townships of Muhang, Kyaukdao, Minbia, Baoduo, Mipong and Bangna began to blow strong winds, and the houses in the refugee camps in Muhang and Kyaukdao were blown down.
The person in charge of the refugee camp in Muhang Town said that there were 295 families in the Muwugao refugee camp in Muhang Town, and 1,077 people took refuge inside, but after being hit by a fierce wind, 160 houses in the camp were blown away, and the refugees encountered great difficulties in housing and food, and they were in urgent need of help.
He claimed that 160 houses had been blown down, with roofs overturned and some houses blown to the point where only a frame remained. There were 5 houses that were completely blown away, and in order to repair the houses with blown roofs as soon as possible, we sent a request to the ICRC organization.
In addition, the Kyaodao Town Wadang refugee camp was also hit by strong winds, and nearly half of the houses were destroyed. The head of the Wadang refugee camp, Wu Nai Tun Wen, said that around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it was dark, the sky was dark and cloudy, we thought it would only rain, and it was not long after that, it began to blow strong winds. There are many elderly people and children in the camp, and we are very worried about this extreme weather. After the fierce winds hit, some trees next to the camp were blown down and houses were blown down. Nearly half of the 159 houses in the Wadang refugee camp were blown down by the strong wind, some roofs were gone, and some brackets fell... It's a mess everywhere.
He said that in order to repair the 80 or so houses that were destroyed by the strong wind, we needed some bamboo and wood.
A refugee in the camp said that on that day, we first saw that the sky in the north was a little dark, thinking that it was going to rain, but soon after it was all dark, and then the wind blew, because the wind was very strong, the roof of the house was blown away, and some of the surrounding leaves were blown down and directly pressed into the house.